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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 0d935b6..7c35033 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-04-02 J. Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>
+
+ * observer.texi (GDB Observers): Adjust the documentation for the
+ normal_stop notification to better describe reality. Fix a couple
+ of minor typos.
+
2003-04-02 Bob Rossi <bob_rossi@cox.net>
* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Program Control): Add
diff --git a/gdb/doc/observer.texi b/gdb/doc/observer.texi
index a967f32..de48a19 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/observer.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/observer.texi
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ notifications, the observer attaches a callback to the subject.
One subject can have several observers.
@file{observer.c} implements an internal generic low-level event
-notification mechanism. This generic event notification mechansim is
+notification mechanism. This generic event notification mechanism is
then re-used to implement the exported high-level notification
management routines for all possible notifications.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ as it lacks a mechanism that would deallocate this data when the
callback is detached. This is not a problem so far, as this contextual
data is only used internally to hold a function pointer. Later on, if
a certain observer needs to provide support for user-level contextual
-data, then the generic notification mechanism will need need to be
+data, then the generic notification mechanism will need to be
enhanced to allow the observer to provide a routine to deallocate the
data when attaching the callback.
@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ or detach routines during a notification.
@cindex @code{normal_stop} observer
@cindex notification about inferior execution stop
-@value{GDBN} will notify all @code{normal_stop} observers when the
-inferior execution has just stopped, and all the associated internal
-processing (such as breakpoint commands, annotations, etc) is about to
-be performed before the @value{GDBN} prompt is returned to the user.
+@value{GDBN} notifies all @code{normal_stop} observers when the
+inferior execution has just stopped, the associated messages and
+annotations have been printed, and the control is about to be returned
+to the user.
+
+Note that the @code{normal_stop} notification is not emitted when
+the execution stops due to a breakpoint, and this breakpoint has
+a condition that is not met. If the breakpoint has any associated
+commands list, the commands are executed after the notification
+is emitted.
The following interface is available to manage @code{normal_stop}
observers: