diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 5d6ca8f6020..241b2c3b9a0 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-05-22  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
+
+	* parse.y: Refer to compound literals as such, not as
+	constructor-expressions.
+
 2001-05-21  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* call.c (build_op_delete_call): Ignore exception-specifications
diff --git a/gcc/cp/parse.y b/gcc/cp/parse.y
index 356e645bbbc..6e2ac183ce5 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/parse.y
+++ b/gcc/cp/parse.y
@@ -1338,8 +1338,8 @@ cast_expr:
 		  tree init = build_nt (CONSTRUCTOR, NULL_TREE,
 					nreverse ($3)); 
 		  if (pedantic)
-		    pedwarn ("ISO C++ forbids constructor-expressions");
-		  /* Indicate that this was a GNU C constructor expression.  */
+		    pedwarn ("ISO C++ forbids compound literals");
+		  /* Indicate that this was a C99 compound literal.  */
 		  TREE_HAS_CONSTRUCTOR (init) = 1;
 
 		  $$ = reparse_absdcl_as_casts ($$, init);