diff --git a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
index 67b346bad1..39c7265e83 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed May 24 12:03:25 2000  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+	* bfdint.texi (BFD ELF processor required): Add paragraph about
+	target necessities for readelf.
+
 2000-04-30  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>
 
 	* bfdint.texi (BFD generated files): Fix another typo.
diff --git a/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi b/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi
index 87779d3688..4fcbb2d7e1 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi
+++ b/bfd/doc/bfdint.texi
@@ -1607,6 +1607,12 @@ it should use the @samp{START_RELOC_NUMBERS}, @samp{RELOC_NUMBER},
 macros to create a table mapping the number used to indentify a
 relocation to a name describing that relocation.
 
+While not a BFD component, you probably also want to make the binutils
+program @samp{readelf} parse your ELF objects.  For this, you need to add
+a dependency for @file{readelf.o} on @file{include/elf/@var{cpu}.h} in
+@file{binutils/Makefile.am}, and code for @code{EM_@var{cpu}} as
+appropriate in @file{binutils/readelf.c}.
+
 @node BFD ELF processor linker
 @subsubsection Processor specific linker support