diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d86dea87213..0854db68602 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-10-18  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
+
+	* doc/invoke.texi (-dumpversion): Improve grammar.
+	(-dumpfullversion): Make more consistent with -dumpversion.
+
 2018-10-18  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
 
 	* config/i386/i386.c (ix86_emit_fp_unordered_jump):
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index bf8bcfb2907..57491f1033c 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -14860,16 +14860,16 @@ Print the compiler's target machine (for example,
 @item -dumpversion
 @opindex dumpversion
 Print the compiler version (for example, @code{3.0}, @code{6.3.0} or @code{7})---and don't do
-anything else.  This is the compiler version used in filesystem paths,
-specs, can be depending on how the compiler has been configured just
-a single number (major version), two numbers separated by dot (major and
+anything else.  This is the compiler version used in filesystem paths and
+specs. Depending on how the compiler has been configured it can be just
+a single number (major version), two numbers separated by a dot (major and
 minor version) or three numbers separated by dots (major, minor and patchlevel
 version).
 
 @item -dumpfullversion
 @opindex dumpfullversion
-Print the full compiler version, always 3 numbers separated by dots,
-major, minor and patchlevel version.
+Print the full compiler version---and don't do anything else. The output is
+always three numbers separated by dots, major, minor and patchlevel version.
 
 @item -dumpspecs
 @opindex dumpspecs