diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index 13b504c79d8f529a1946b280329eb0ef1fbeec8b..fa40d04bcf5599200a89a234c75c63d495a94643 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-05-13  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm@polyomino.org.uk>
+
+	* gcc_release (DIFF): Remove -3 option.
+
 2003-07-26  Paul Brook  <paul@nowt.org>
 
 	* gcc_release: Add gcc-fortran.
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
index ed0751d2315e0c6b35cbdc2390338ab70431818e..eda1adc077adfe6bec942eee902087e6074b3b31 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ FILE_LIST=""
 
 BZIP2="${BZIP2:-bzip2}"
 CVS="${CVS:-cvs -f -Q -z9}"
-DIFF="${DIFF:-diff -Nrc3pad}"
+DIFF="${DIFF:-diff -Nrcpad}"
 ENV="${ENV:-env}"
 GZIP="${GZIP:-gzip --best}"
 SCP="${SCP:-scp -p}"