diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 012781e9ed..3c63796906 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-12-08  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+	* doc/Makefile.am (config.texi): Emit a @set UPDATED command to
+	config.texi whose value is the current month and year.
+	* doc/Makefile.in: Rebuild.
+	* doc/binutils.texi: Set the document subtitle to be the value of
+	the Texinfo UPDATED variable (obtained from config.texi).
+
 2004-12-07  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
 
 	PR binutils/249
diff --git a/binutils/doc/Makefile.am b/binutils/doc/Makefile.am
index 851f205636..07c1d92fb6 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/binutils/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ info_TEXINFOS = binutils.texi
 config.texi: Makefile
 	rm -f config.texi
 	echo '@set VERSION $(VERSION)' > config.texi
+	echo "@set UPDATED `date "+%B %Y"`" >> config.texi
 
 binutils_TEXI = $(srcdir)/binutils.texi
 
diff --git a/binutils/doc/Makefile.in b/binutils/doc/Makefile.in
index 7ce979efda..22494c6d14 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/binutils/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 config.texi: Makefile
 	rm -f config.texi
 	echo '@set VERSION $(VERSION)' > config.texi
+	echo "@set UPDATED `date "+%B %Y"`" >> config.texi
 
 binutils.dvi:  $(binutils_TEXI) config.texi
 
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 20e06581d6..c342184a82 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
 @title The @sc{gnu} Binary Utilities
 @subtitle Version @value{VERSION}
 @sp 1
-@subtitle May 1993
+@subtitle @value{UPDATED}
 @author Roland H. Pesch
 @author Jeffrey M. Osier
 @author Cygnus Support