diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 2441ed2136..8aef17cf3d 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-08-02 03:14 UTC+0100 Victor Szakats <info@szelvesz.hu>
+
+   * source/common/hbver.c
+     + Better, generic detection for bits.
+
 2000-08-01-21:20 GMT -3 Luiz Rafael Culik <culik@sl.conex.net>
 *contrib/hbzlib/zipfile2.c
     %some enhacements and fixed a bug inside hb___GetFilesNamesFromZip
diff --git a/harbour/source/common/hbver.c b/harbour/source/common/hbver.c
index 0f59ea7cdb..3200a1bdf9 100644
--- a/harbour/source/common/hbver.c
+++ b/harbour/source/common/hbver.c
@@ -376,15 +376,9 @@ char * hb_verCompiler( void )
 #elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
 
    {
-      switch( sizeof( int ) )
-      {
-      case 2:
-         strcat( pszCompiler, " (16 bit)" );
-         break;
-      case 4:
-         strcat( pszCompiler, " (32 bit)" );
-         break;
-      }
+      char szSub[ 32 ];
+      sprintf( szSub, " (%i bit)", ( int ) ( sizeof( int ) * 8 ) );
+      strcat( pszCompiler, szSub );
    }
 
 #endif