diff --git a/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp b/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp
index 45be28df724..349e1bd15fd 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ void AssemblyWriter::printInstruction(const Instruction &I) {
       writeOperand(AI->getArraySize(), true);
     }
     if (AI->getAlignment()) {
-      Out << ", " << AI->getAlignment();
+      Out << ", align " << AI->getAlignment();
     }
   } else if (isa<CastInst>(I)) {
     if (Operand) writeOperand(Operand, true);   // Work with broken code