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]}]