diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d505ee619a0..4bb5d1767ea 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-04-22  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
+
+	* opncls.c (bfd_alloc): Fix type of "wanted" in doco.
+
 2004-04-22  John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
 
 	* hpux-core.c (hpux_core_core_file_p): Add cast in call to 
diff --git a/bfd/opncls.c b/bfd/opncls.c
index 3291cbabaea..76030301ce1 100644
--- a/bfd/opncls.c
+++ b/bfd/opncls.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ INTERNAL_FUNCTION
 	bfd_alloc
 
 SYNOPSIS
-	void *bfd_alloc (bfd *abfd, size_t wanted);
+	void *bfd_alloc (bfd *abfd, bfd_size_type wanted);
 
 DESCRIPTION
 	Allocate a block of @var{wanted} bytes of memory attached to