diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d5d81f7fba..4ad938fb9f 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Jan  5 11:55:57 1999  David Taylor  <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
 
+	* target.c (noprocess): terminate sentence with a period.
+	* breakpoint.c (catch_command_1): ditto.
+
 	* c-valprint.c (c_value_print): remove hack^2 from HP; it causes
 	testsuite losses with no real gain.
 
diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
index 0613bf8acd..063cab8c0f 100644
--- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
+++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
@@ -5179,7 +5179,7 @@ catch_command_1 (arg, tempflag, from_tty)
       /* catch_throw_command_1 (arg1_start, tempflag, from_tty); */
       /* return; */
       /* Now, this is not allowed */ 
-      error ("Catch requires an event name");
+      error ("Catch requires an event name.");
 
     }
   arg1_end = ep_find_event_name_end (arg1_start);
diff --git a/gdb/target.c b/gdb/target.c
index 07e62f41e0..40e458e6bb 100644
--- a/gdb/target.c
+++ b/gdb/target.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ tcomplain ()
 void
 noprocess ()
 {
-  error ("You can't do that without a process to debug");
+  error ("You can't do that without a process to debug.");
 }
 
 /* ARGSUSED */