diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 33487ffc7a..3b26a8320f 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-02-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR ld/11330
+	* ld.texinfo: Replace explicitely with explicitly.
+
 2010-02-27  Jie Zhang  <jie@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* scripttempl/armbpabi.sc: Don't combine .init_array.* or
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index ca7e274b61..130e06d42b 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ the linker recursively marks as used any section referenced by their
 relocations.  See @samp{--entry} and @samp{--undefined}.
 
 This option can be set when doing a partial link (enabled with option
-@samp{-r}).  In this case the root of symbols kept must be explicitely 
+@samp{-r}).  In this case the root of symbols kept must be explicitly 
 specified either by an @samp{--entry} or @samp{--undefined} option or by
 a @code{ENTRY} command in the linker script.