diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index a1c3d3cce5b..b3b081e0518 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-arm.c (comment_chars): Remove semi-colon accidentally
+	added to the list.
+
 2001-10-18  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
 
 	* write.c (fixup_segment): Handle fixups for SEC_MERGE sections as
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index adac55816db..c6749958e4e 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static boolean pic_code          = false;
 
 /* This array holds the chars that always start a comment.  If the
    pre-processor is disabled, these aren't very useful.  */
-const char comment_chars[] = "@;";
+const char comment_chars[] = "@";
 
 /* This array holds the chars that only start a comment at the beginning of
    a line.  If the line seems to have the form '# 123 filename'