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diff --git a/lib/version-etc.h b/lib/version-etc.h
index 33a8e7f14..a9b313d23 100644
--- a/lib/version-etc.h
+++ b/lib/version-etc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Print --version and bug-reporting information in a consistent format.
-   Copyright (C) 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,17 +22,57 @@
 # include <stdarg.h>
 # include <stdio.h>
 
+/* The `sentinel' attribute was added in gcc 4.0.  */
+#ifndef _GL_ATTRIBUTE_SENTINEL
+# if 4 <= __GNUC__
+#  define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_SENTINEL __attribute__ ((__sentinel__))
+# else
+#  define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_SENTINEL /* empty */
+# endif
+#endif
+
 extern const char version_etc_copyright[];
 
+/* The three functions below display the --version information in the
+   standard way: command and package names, package version, followed
+   by a short GPLv3+ notice and a list of up to 10 author names.
+
+   If COMMAND_NAME is NULL, the PACKAGE is asumed to be the name of
+   the program.  The formats are therefore:
+
+   PACKAGE VERSION
+
+   or
+
+   COMMAND_NAME (PACKAGE) VERSION.
+
+   The functions differ in the way they are passed author names: */
+
+/* N_AUTHORS names are supplied in array AUTHORS.  */
+extern void version_etc_arn (FILE *stream,
+                             const char *command_name, const char *package,
+                             const char *version,
+                             const char * const * authors, size_t n_authors);
+
+/* Names are passed in the NULL-terminated array AUTHORS.  */
+extern void version_etc_ar (FILE *stream,
+                            const char *command_name, const char *package,
+                            const char *version, const char * const * authors);
+
+/* Names are passed in the NULL-terminated va_list.  */
 extern void version_etc_va (FILE *stream,
-			    const char *command_name, const char *package,
-			    const char *version, va_list authors);
+                            const char *command_name, const char *package,
+                            const char *version, va_list authors);
 
+/* Names are passed as separate arguments, with an additional
+   NULL argument at the end.  */
 extern void version_etc (FILE *stream,
-			 const char *command_name, const char *package,
-			 const char *version,
-			 /* const char *author1, ...*/ ...);
+                         const char *command_name, const char *package,
+                         const char *version,
+                         /* const char *author1, ..., NULL */ ...)
+  _GL_ATTRIBUTE_SENTINEL;
 
+/* Display the usual `Report bugs to' stanza */
 extern void emit_bug_reporting_address (void);
 
 #endif /* VERSION_ETC_H */