The original reason for this was to fix the missing space before "@var{z}". "Do a combined multiply ... and then" didn't sound quite right though: "and then" implies a separate step and so feels like a contradiction of "combined".
Tested with "make doc html pdf". OK to install? Thanks, Richard gcc/ * doc/rtl.texi (fma): Clarify documentation. Index: gcc/doc/rtl.texi =================================================================== --- gcc/doc/rtl.texi 2015-01-12 15:28:02.413075415 +0000 +++ gcc/doc/rtl.texi 2015-02-03 14:21:02.485178134 +0000 @@ -2306,8 +2306,8 @@ For unsigned widening multiplication, us @findex fma @item (fma:@var{m} @var{x} @var{y} @var{z}) Represents the @code{fma}, @code{fmaf}, and @code{fmal} builtin -functions that do a combined multiply of @var{x} and @var{y} and then -adding to@var{z} without doing an intermediate rounding step. +functions, which compute @samp{@var{x} * @var{y} + @var{z}} +without doing an intermediate rounding step. @findex div @findex ss_div