diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index 46383ec880..f8f7845f5c 100644
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @ifinfo
 @format
 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Binutils: (binutils).		The GNU binary utilities "ar", "ld", "objcopy",
+* Binutils::                    The GNU binary utilities "ar", "ld", "objcopy",
 				"objdump", "nm", "size", "strip", and "ranlib".
 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @end format
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index bb381da821..27cfa865c9 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 @c manuals to an info tree.  zoo@cygnus.com is developing this facility.
 @format
 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Gdb: (gdb).                   The GNU debugger.
+* Gdb::                         The GNU debugger.
 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @end format
 @end ifinfo
diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
index 8fda01bab0..fb4d4a1024 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @ifinfo
 @format
 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Stabs: (stabs).               The "stabs" debugging information format.
+* Stabs::                       The "stabs" debugging information format.
 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @end format
 @end ifinfo