--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2004-03-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
+	* version.h (OCTAVE_WWW_STATEMENT): New macro.
+	(OCTAVE_STARTUP_MESSAGE): Include it here.
+	(OCTAVE_NAME_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_COPYING_WARRANTY_AND_BUGS): And here.
+
+	* octave.cc (verbose_usage): Use OCTAVE_WWW_STATEMENT here.
+
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/find.cc (find_nonzero_elem_idx): If there are no
 	nonzero elements, return [](0x1) or [](1x0), not [](0x0).
 	Correctly preserve orientation for row vectors.

--- a/src/octave.cc
+++ b/src/octave.cc
@@ -319,9 +319,8 @@
   --version, -v           Print version number and exit.\n\
 \n\
   FILE                    Execute commands from FILE.\n\
-\n\
-Additional information about Octave is available via the WWW at\n\
-http://www.octave.org.\n\
+\n"
+OCTAVE_WWW_STATEMENT "\n\
 \n"
 OCTAVE_CONTRIB_STATEMENT "\n\
 \n"

--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
   "There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTIBILITY or\n\
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
 
+#define OCTAVE_WWW_STATEMENT \
+  "Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org."
+
 #define OCTAVE_CONTRIB_STATEMENT \
   "Please contribute if you find this software useful.\n\
 For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html"
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@
 #define X_OCTAVE_NAME_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_COPYING_WARRANTY_AND_BUGS(ARG) \
   OCTAVE_NAME_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_COPYING_AND_WARRANTY \
   ARG \
+  OCTAVE_WWW_STATEMENT "\n\n" \
+  OCTAVE_CONTRIB_STATEMENT "\n\n" \
   OCTAVE_BUGS_STATEMENT
 
 #define OCTAVE_NAME_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_COPYING_WARRANTY_AND_BUGS \
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@
 
 #define OCTAVE_STARTUP_MESSAGE \
   X_OCTAVE_NAME_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_COPYING_WARRANTY_AND_BUGS \
-    ("  For details, type `warranty'.\n\n" OCTAVE_CONTRIB_STATEMENT "\n\n")
+    ("  For details, type `warranty'.\n\n")
 
 #endif