diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 0162a7f61f9..c0eca808e45 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-11-06  Claudiu Zissulescu  <claziss@synopsys.com>
+
+	* config/arc/arc.opt (mea): Update help string.
+	* doc/invoke.texi(ARC): Update mea option info.
+
 2019-11-06  Claudiu Zissulescu  <claziss@synopsys.com>
 
 	* config/arc/arc.md (zero_extendqihi2_i): Cleanup pattern.
diff --git a/gcc/config/arc/arc.opt b/gcc/config/arc/arc.opt
index e4330135a01..168477c8ce2 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arc/arc.opt
+++ b/gcc/config/arc/arc.opt
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Do not generate mpy instructions for ARC700.
 
 mea
 Target Report Mask(EA_SET)
-Generate Extended arithmetic instructions.  Currently only divaw, adds, subs and sat16 are supported.
+Generate extended arithmetic instructions, only valid for ARC700.
 
 msoft-float
 Target Report Mask(0)
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 227ad27390e..d34ac6cd0c9 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -16627,7 +16627,7 @@ aux registers.
 @opindex mea
 Generate extended arithmetic instructions.  Currently only
 @code{divaw}, @code{adds}, @code{subs}, and @code{sat16} are
-supported.  This is always enabled for @option{-mcpu=ARC700}.
+supported.  Only valid for @option{-mcpu=ARC700}.
 
 @item -mno-mpy
 @opindex mno-mpy