diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 2b81adc101d..a4f2b78cd9c 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Jan 17 09:48:38 1995  Jim Kingdon  <kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com>
+
+	* parse.c (_initialize_parse): Improve wording of names of
+	msym_*_symbol_type.
+
 Tue Jan 17 14:00:58 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
 
 	* config/mips/tm-mips.h (enum mips_fpu_type): New enum.
diff --git a/gdb/parse.c b/gdb/parse.c
index 620f35d1349..4b7d541e0b5 100644
--- a/gdb/parse.c
+++ b/gdb/parse.c
@@ -912,12 +912,13 @@ _initialize_parse ()
     xmalloc (type_stack_size * sizeof (*type_stack));
 
   msym_text_symbol_type =
-    init_type (TYPE_CODE_FUNC, 1, 0, "<text variable without -g>", NULL);
+    init_type (TYPE_CODE_FUNC, 1, 0, "<text variable, no debug info>", NULL);
   TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (msym_text_symbol_type) = builtin_type_int;
   msym_data_symbol_type =
     init_type (TYPE_CODE_INT, TARGET_INT_BIT / HOST_CHAR_BIT, 0,
-	       "<data variable without -g>", NULL);
+	       "<data variable, no debug info>", NULL);
   msym_unknown_symbol_type =
-    init_type (TYPE_CODE_INT, 1, 0, "<unknown segment variable without -g>",
+    init_type (TYPE_CODE_INT, 1, 0,
+	       "<variable (not text or data), no debug info>",
 	       NULL);
 }