diff -Nrup a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo

--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo	2013-02-27 15:28:03.000000000 -0500

+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo	2013-12-11 13:18:39.401021599 -0500

@@ -723,10 +723,12 @@ assembly.

 Remove local absolute symbols from the outgoing symbol table.

 @item -v

-@itemx -version

-Print the @command{as} version.

+@itemx -verbose

+@itemx --verbose

+Print the @command{as} version and continue.

-@item --version

+@item -version

+@itemx --version

 Print the @command{as} version and exit.

 @item -W

@@ -2361,12 +2363,16 @@ For example, it disables the exception f

 @section Announce Version: @option{-v}

 @kindex -v

-@kindex -version

 @cindex assembler version

 @cindex version of assembler

 You can find out what version of as is running by including the

-option @samp{-v} (which you can also spell as @samp{-version}) on the

-command line.

+option @samp{-v} (which you can also spell as @samp{-verbose} or 

+@samp{--verbose}) on the command line.

+

+@section Announce Version and Exit: @option{-version}

+@kindex -version

+The @samp{-version} option (which you can also spell as @samp{--version})

+prints the version of as and exits. 

 @node W

 @section Control Warnings: @option{-W}, @option{--warn}, @option{--no-warn}, @option{--fatal-warnings}

--- binutils-2.27.orig/gas/doc/as.texinfo	2016-07-18 09:12:45.299152360 +0100

+++ binutils-2.27/gas/doc/as.texinfo	2016-07-18 09:13:08.637310883 +0100

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ gcc(1), ld(1), and the Info entries for

  [@b{-o} @var{objfile}] [@b{-R}]

  [@b{--hash-size}=@var{NUM}] [@b{--reduce-memory-overheads}]

  [@b{--statistics}]

- [@b{-v}] [@b{-version}] [@b{--version}]

+ [@b{-v}] [@b{-verbose}] [@b{--verbose}] [@b{-version}] [@b{--version}]

  [@b{-W}] [@b{--warn}] [@b{--fatal-warnings}] [@b{-w}] [@b{-x}]

  [@b{-Z}] [@b{@@@var{FILE}}]

  [@b{--sectname-subst}] [@b{--size-check=[error|warning]}]