diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ee2d19a9b26..594b855b1ca 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Jun 22 16:36:51 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+	* hosts/std-host.h: Return value of puts and fputs is int not void.
+
 Mon Jun 21 18:19:14 1993  Ken Raeburn  (raeburn@poseidon.cygnus.com)
 
 	* elf32-target.h, elf32-hppa.c, elfcode.h: Use new
diff --git a/bfd/hosts/std-host.h b/bfd/hosts/std-host.h
index 48dd9c40343..30328411b64 100644
--- a/bfd/hosts/std-host.h
+++ b/bfd/hosts/std-host.h
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ extern void  bcopy ();
 extern int   bcmp ();
 extern void  bzero ();
 extern PTR   memset ();
-extern void  puts ();
-extern void  fputs ();
+
+/* These used to be declared to return void.  As far as I know that is just
+   wrong; are there any systems for which they actually don't return a
+   value (EOF for error, something else for success).  */
+extern int  puts ();
+extern int  fputs ();
+
 extern int   rmdir ();
 extern int   getuid ();
 extern int   getgid ();