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diff --git a/doc/sh-utils.texi b/doc/sh-utils.texi
index 14b445bd226c7131740253db40826d52c7c055cf..765d5f63506ee97a489a03c9bab683bdcca2407f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sh-utils.texi
+++ b/doc/sh-utils.texi
@@ -182,8 +182,10 @@ sometimes difficult to infer. @xref{Bugs, , , gcc, GNU CC}.
 @cindex Pinard, @value{Francois}
 @cindex Berry, Karl
 @cindex Stallman, Richard
-This manual is based on the Unix man pages in the distribution, which
-were originally written by David MacKenzie and updated by Jim Meyering.
+This manual was originally derived from the Unix man pages in the
+distribution, which were written by David MacKenzie and updated by Jim
+Meyering.  What you are reading now is the authoritative documentation
+for these utilities;  the man pages are no longer being maintained.
 @value{Francois} Pinard did the initial conversion to Texinfo format.
 Karl Berry did the indexing, some reorganization, and editing of the results.
 Richard Stallman contributed his usual invaluable insights to the

diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi
index 6dc88056a58114a9c280cbaf4678dba358021ba1..c08e1c0d1fefe82f0c7514ec1ff2ba0e435318f9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/textutils.texi
+++ b/doc/textutils.texi
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ expected, what you got, and why it is wrong.  Diffs are welcome, but
 please include a description of the problem as well, since this is
 sometimes difficult to infer. @xref{Bugs, , , gcc, GNU CC}.
 
-This manual is based on the Unix man pages in the distribution, which
-were originally written by David MacKenzie and updated by Jim Meyering.
+This manual was originally derived from the Unix man pages in the
+distribution, which were written by David MacKenzie and updated by Jim
+Meyering.  What you are reading now is the authoritative documentation
+for these utilities;  the man pages are no longer being maintained.
 The original @code{fmt} man page was written by Ross Paterson.
 Fran@,{c}ois Pinard did the initial conversion to Texinfo format.
 Karl Berry did the indexing, some reorganization, and editing of the results.