+@ifclear no-space-dir
+@node Zero
+@section @code{.zero @var{size}}
+
+@cindex @code{zero} directive
+@cindex filling memory with zero bytes
+This directive emits @var{size} 0-valued bytes. @var{size} must be an absolute
+expression. This directive is actually an alias for the @samp{.skip} directive
+so in can take an optional second argument of the value to store in the bytes
+instead of zero. Using @samp{.zero} in this way would be confusing however.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifset ELF
+@node 2byte
+@section @code{.2byte @var{expression} [, @var{expression}]*}
+@cindex @code{2byte} directive
+@cindex two-byte integer
+@cindex integer, 2-byte
+
+This directive expects zero or more expressions, separated by commas. If there
+are no expressions then the directive does nothing. Otherwise each expression
+is evaluated in turn and placed in the next two bytes of the current output
+section, using the endian model of the target. If an expression will not fit
+in two bytes, a warning message is displayed and the least significant two
+bytes of the expression's value are used. If an expression cannot be evaluated
+at assembly time then relocations will be generated in order to compute the
+value at link time.
+
+This directive does not apply any alignment before or after inserting the
+values. As a result of this, if relocations are generated, they may be
+different from those used for inserting values with a guaranteed alignment.
+
+This directive is only available for ELF targets,
+
+@node 4byte
+@section @code{.4byte @var{expression} [, @var{expression}]*}
+@cindex @code{4byte} directive
+@cindex four-byte integer
+@cindex integer, 4-byte
+
+Like the @option{.2byte} directive, except that it inserts unaligned, four byte
+long values into the output.
+
+@node 8byte
+@section @code{.8byte @var{expression} [, @var{expression}]*}
+@cindex @code{8byte} directive
+@cindex eight-byte integer
+@cindex integer, 8-byte
+
+Like the @option{.8byte} directive, except that it inserts unaligned, eight
+byte long bignum values into the output.
+
+@end ifset
+