diff --git a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
index 2f212bf7b9..39c69c938b 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* header.sed: Strip tabs.
+
 2002-06-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Fix quote style in last change.
diff --git a/bfd/doc/header.sed b/bfd/doc/header.sed
index ed27040f74..c58dc607f8 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/header.sed
+++ b/bfd/doc/header.sed
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+s|[ 	][ 	]*| |g
 s|\(.*\) [^ ]*header.sed.*|\1|
 s|[^ ]*/||g
 s|^ *|"|