diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7819cdc9..4663ddd0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2004-02-23  Gary V. Vaughan  <gvaughan@eris.qinetiq.com>
 
+	* ltmain.in <link mode>: Add missing --help doc for -shrext
+	option.
+
 	* ltmain.in (IFS): Move '\n' to beginning of IFS so that emacs
 	doesn't offer to strip trailing ' \t' on every save.
 
diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in
index a7875a9c..9a614bf5 100644
--- a/ltmain.in
+++ b/ltmain.in
@@ -6588,6 +6588,7 @@ The following components of LINK-COMMAND are treated specially:
   -rpath LIBDIR     the created library will eventually be installed in LIBDIR
   -R[ ]LIBDIR       add LIBDIR to the runtime path of programs and libraries
   -shared           only do dynamic linking of libtool libraries
+  -shrext SUFFIX    override the standard shared library file extension
   -static           do not do any dynamic linking of libtool libraries
   -version-info CURRENT[:REVISION[:AGE]]
 		    specify library version info [each variable defaults to 0]