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diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
index 80760a22393..411067975bf 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ this by prefixing memory operands (@emph{not} the instruction mnemonics) with
Intel @samp{mov al, byte ptr @var{foo}} is @samp{movb @var{foo}, %al} in AT&T
syntax.
+In 64-bit code, @samp{movabs} can be used to encode the @samp{mov}
+instruction with the 64-bit displacement or immediate operand.
+
@cindex return instructions, i386
@cindex i386 jump, call, return
@cindex return instructions, x86-64