--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2012-12-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	doc: omit mention of version when not needed
+	* doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Portability and Application Code):
+	* doc/gnulib.texi (Brief Overview, Legacy Function Substitutes):
+	Don't mention particular dates or versions when not necessary, so
+	that the documentation won't go out of date so quickly.
+
 	* doc/intprops.texi (Integer Properties): Fix Texinfo typo.
 
 2012-12-28  Akim Demaille  <akim@lrde.epita.fr>

--- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 Another goal of Gnulib is to provide application code that can be shared
 between several applications.  Some people wonder: "What? glibc doesn't
 have a function to copy a file?"  Indeed, the scope of a system's libc is
-to implement the relevant standards (ISO C99, POSIX:2001) and to provide
+to implement the relevant standards (ISO C, POSIX) and to provide
 access functions to the kernel's system calls, and little more.
 
 There is no clear borderline between both areas.

--- a/doc/gnulib.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib.texi
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
 @node Brief Overview
 @chapter Brief Overview
 
-Gnulib is a source code library. It provides basic functionality to
-programs and libraries.  Currently (as of October 2006) more than 30
-packages make use of Gnulib.
+Gnulib is a source code library that provides basic functionality to
+programs and libraries.  Many software packages make use of Gnulib
+to avoid reinventing the portability wheel.
 
 Resources:
 
@@ -3743,7 +3743,7 @@
 @chapter Past POSIX Function Substitutes
 
 This chapter describes which functions and function-like macros specified by
-older versions of POSIX (POSIX:2001) are substituted by Gnulib, which
+older versions of POSIX are substituted by Gnulib, which
 portability pitfalls are fixed by Gnulib, and which (known) portability
 problems are not worked around by Gnulib.