diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 89eddd36486..39f76aa3a11 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-08-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 23426
+	* ld.texi (--hash-style): Note that the default is configurable
+	and that for most Linux based systems it will be "both".
+
 2018-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-elf/elf.exp (is_elf64): Delete.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index 75a7430395a..6e0b48ba1be 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -2408,7 +2408,8 @@ Set the type of linker's hash table(s).  @var{style} can be either
 @code{sysv} for classic ELF @code{.hash} section, @code{gnu} for
 new style GNU @code{.gnu.hash} section or @code{both} for both
 the classic ELF @code{.hash} and new style GNU @code{.gnu.hash}
-hash tables.  The default is @code{sysv}.
+hash tables.  The default depends upon how the linker was configured,
+but for most Linux based systems it will be @code{both}.
 
 @kindex --compress-debug-sections=none
 @kindex --compress-debug-sections=zlib