-@c Copyright 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2002-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@c CRIS description contributed by Axis Communications.
position-independent-code (@pxref{crispic}). This will also
affect expansion of instructions. The expansion with
@option{--pic} will use PC-relative rather than (slightly
-faster) absolute addresses in those expansions.
+faster) absolute addresses in those expansions. This option is only
+valid when generating ELF format object files.
@cindex @option{--march=@var{architecture}} command line option, CRIS
@cindex CRIS @option{--march=@var{architecture}} command line option