diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index f3a41f46039..da68f958cef 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-10-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* as.c (parse_args): Print the date as well for --version.
+
 2001-10-20  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@broadcom.com>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (md_show_usage): Print "sb1" for Broadcom
diff --git a/gas/as.c b/gas/as.c
index dbc65ca0de2..d5922b07d1a 100644
--- a/gas/as.c
+++ b/gas/as.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ parse_args (pargc, pargv)
 
 	case OPTION_VERSION:
 	  /* This output is intended to follow the GNU standards document.  */
-	  printf (_("GNU assembler %s\n"), VERSION);
+	  printf (_("GNU assembler %s\n"), BFD_VERSION_STRING);
 	  printf (_("Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n"));
 	  printf (_("\
 This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of\n\