diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index 670c5b8a340..5731e2017c9 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-03-28  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	* symbol.c (gfc_get_default_type): Fix error message; option
+	-fallow_leading_underscore should be -fallow-leading-underscore
+
 2008-03-27  Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/35724
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/symbol.c b/gcc/fortran/symbol.c
index c86fa9ae40e..6e878817363 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/symbol.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/symbol.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ gfc_get_default_type (gfc_symbol *sym, gfc_namespace *ns)
   letter = sym->name[0];
 
   if (gfc_option.flag_allow_leading_underscore && letter == '_')
-    gfc_internal_error ("Option -fallow_leading_underscore is for use only by "
+    gfc_internal_error ("Option -fallow-leading-underscore is for use only by "
 			"gfortran developers, and should not be used for "
 			"implicitly typed variables");