diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index b08a83672a..c3f7a3f235 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-05-05  Mark Shinwell  <shinwell@codesourcery.com>
+ 
+	* config/tc-arm.c (md_apply_fix): Generate more accurate
+	diagnostic when 8-bit immediate range is exceeded for
+	BFD_RELOC_ARM_OFFSET_IMM8.
+
 2007-05-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	PR gas/4460
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 62360f11e2..b558507dc4 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -17922,7 +17922,7 @@ md_apply_fix (fixS *	fixP,
 	    as_bad_where (fixP->fx_file, fixP->fx_line,
 			  _("invalid literal constant: pool needs to be closer"));
 	  else
-	    as_bad (_("bad immediate value for half-word offset (%ld)"),
+	    as_bad (_("bad immediate value for 8-bit offset (%ld)"),
 		    (long) value);
 	  break;
 	}