diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 304bb337289..4aef6562f36 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-25  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@mckinlay.net.nz>
+
+	* java/lang/reflect/Method.java (toString): Avoid extra whitespace
+	on method with no modifiers.
+
 2003-10-25  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@mckinlay.net.nz>
 
 	PR libgcj/11780:
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/reflect/Method.java b/libjava/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
index 3e0507fcaa1..f93a7278890 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
@@ -163,8 +163,12 @@ public final class Method extends AccessibleObject implements Member
       getType ();
 
     StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer ();
-    Modifier.toString(getModifiers(), b);
-    b.append(" ");
+    int mods = getModifiers();
+    if (mods != 0)
+      {
+	Modifier.toString(mods, b);
+	b.append(" ");
+      }
     appendClassName (b, return_type);
     b.append(" ");
     appendClassName (b, declaringClass);