diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index e7b77c4f32..bc7eaf4830 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-04-16  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Mention earliest version of
+	GCC that has the SDT probe points.
+
 2013-04-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Document regexp syntax for
@@ -9846,7 +9851,7 @@ Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 
 	* Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
 	  -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers.  Forced
-	  copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
+	  copyrights to '92, '13, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
 
 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 337837e570..47b1188ad9 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -4101,6 +4101,9 @@ supported.
 The regular expression feature and the @code{$_exception} convenience
 variable rely on the presence of some SDT probes in @code{libstdc++}.
 If these probes are not present, then these features cannot be used.
+These probes were first available in the GCC 4.8 release, but whether
+or not they are available in your GCC also depends on how it was
+built.
 
 @item
 The @code{$_exception} convenience variable is only valid at the