diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index adeed1adac..b90906aa00 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-02-04  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR cli/8830:
+	* gdb.texinfo (Files): -readnow comes before the filename for file
+	and symbol-file.
+
 2010-02-01  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Architecture-Specific Protocol Details): New section.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 2145f2b7ef..e1d48e00eb 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -13825,8 +13825,8 @@ in stabs format.
 @kindex readnow
 @cindex reading symbols immediately
 @cindex symbols, reading immediately
-@item symbol-file @var{filename} @r{[} -readnow @r{]}
-@itemx file @var{filename} @r{[} -readnow @r{]}
+@item symbol-file @r{[} -readnow @r{]} @var{filename}
+@itemx file @r{[} -readnow @r{]} @var{filename}
 You can override the @value{GDBN} two-stage strategy for reading symbol
 tables by using the @samp{-readnow} option with any of the commands that
 load symbol table information, if you want to be sure @value{GDBN} has the