diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index e6beaaf900d..0db5c0f534a 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-13  Tobias Burnus  <tobias.burnus@physik.fu-berlin.de>
+
+	* ar.c (open_inarch): Emit a warning when an archive is created
+	(only shown with -v) in order to confrom to POSIX specification.
+
 2003-11-11  Wang Li  <charles@linux.net.cn>
 
 	* objcopy.c (wildcard): New variable.  True if wildcard pattern
diff --git a/binutils/ar.c b/binutils/ar.c
index 7270635161f..57714279a79 100644
--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ open_inarch (const char *archive_filename, const char *file)
 	  || ! bfd_set_format (arch, bfd_archive)
 	  || ! bfd_close (arch))
 	bfd_fatal (archive_filename);
+      else if (!silent_create)
+        non_fatal (_("creating %s"), archive_filename);
 
       /* If we die creating a new archive, don't leave it around.  */
       output_filename = archive_filename;