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2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/sh-utils.texi b/doc/sh-utils.texi
index 14b445bd2..765d5f635 100644
--- 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 6dc88056a..c08e1c0d1 100644
--- 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.