diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 56314cbf3..bcaf5f2b2 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-11-16  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
+
+	* simple-object.h (simple_object_attributes_merge): Declare,
+	replacing simple_object_attributes_compare.
+
 2010-11-16  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
 
 	* elf/bfin.h (EF_BFIN_CODE_IN_L1): Define.
diff --git a/include/simple-object.h b/include/simple-object.h
index a72e4a19b..c4786757a 100644
--- a/include/simple-object.h
+++ b/include/simple-object.h
@@ -117,14 +117,15 @@ extern simple_object_attributes *
 simple_object_fetch_attributes (simple_object_read *simple_object,
 				const char **errmsg, int *err);
 
-/* Compare ATTRS1 and ATTRS2.  If they could be linked together
-   without error, return NULL.  Otherwise, return an error message,
-   set *ERR to an errno value or 0 if there isn't one.  */
+/* Merge the FROM attributes into TO.  If two objects with these
+   attributes could be linked together without error, returns NULL.
+   Otherwise, returns an error message, and sets *ERR to an errno
+   value or 0 if there isn't one.  */
 
 extern const char *
-simple_object_attributes_compare (simple_object_attributes *attrs1,
-			    simple_object_attributes *attrs2,
-			    int *err);
+simple_object_attributes_merge (simple_object_attributes *to,
+				simple_object_attributes *from,
+				int *err);
 
 /* Release all resources associated with ATTRS.  */