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diff --git a/gcc/ada/doc/gnat_rm/implementation_defined_characteristics.rst b/gcc/ada/doc/gnat_rm/implementation_defined_characteristics.rst
index 3174825..14516e7 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/doc/gnat_rm/implementation_defined_characteristics.rst
+++ b/gcc/ada/doc/gnat_rm/implementation_defined_characteristics.rst
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ The small is the largest power of two that does not exceed the delta.
"What combinations of small, range, and digits are
supported for fixed point types. See 3.5.9(10)."
-For an ordinary fixed point type, the small must lie in 2**(-80) .. 2**80
+For an ordinary fixed point type, the small must lie in 2.0**(-80) .. 2.0**80
and the range in -10.0**36 .. 10.0**36; any combination is permitted that
does not result in a mantissa larger than 63 bits. However, if the mantissa
is larger than 53 bits on machines where Long_Long_Float is 64 bits (true
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ of all architectures except x86), then the output from Text_IO may be
accurate to only 53 bits, rather than the full mantissa. This is because
floating-point conversions may be used to convert fixed point.
+For a decimal fixed point type, the small must lie in 10.0**(-18) .. 10.0**18
+and the digits in 1 .. 18.
*
"The result of ``Tags.Expanded_Name`` for types declared