diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index feee80d2a2..e17255aa5f 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-03-09  Tim Waugh  <twaugh@redhat.com>
+
+	* strings.1: Correct '-bytes' to '--bytes'.
+
 2000-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am (install-exec-local): Depend on
diff --git a/binutils/strings.1 b/binutils/strings.1
index 408de29400..f0e46e5e5e 100644
--- a/binutils/strings.1
+++ b/binutils/strings.1
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ on the standard output and exit.
 .TP
 .B "\-\fImin\-len\fP"
 .TP
-.B "\-bytes=\fImin\-len\fP"
+.B "\-\-bytes=\fImin\-len\fP"
 Print sequences of characters that are at least
 .I min\-len
 characters long, instead of the default 4.