diff --git a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
index 66ad11c53c..255adf00a4 100644
--- a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
@@ -485,7 +485,9 @@
       0.2.2.1-alpha and later by default, each line is of the form:
          LongName SP ORStatus CRLF
 
-     Before 0.1.2.2-alpha, each line is of the form:
+     In Tor versions 0.1.2.2-alpha through 0.2.2.1-alpha with feature 
+     VERBOSE_NAMES turned off and before version 0.1.2.2-alpha, each line
+     is of the form:
          ServerID SP ORStatus CRLF
 
     "entry-guards"
@@ -494,7 +496,9 @@
       0.2.2.1-alpha and later by default, each line is of the form:
          LongName SP Status [SP ISOTime] CRLF
 
-      Before 0.1.2.2-alpha, each line is of the form:
+     In Tor versions 0.1.2.2-alpha through 0.2.2.1-alpha with feature 
+     VERBOSE_NAMES turned off and before version 0.1.2.2-alpha, each line
+     is of the form:
          ServerID2 SP Status [SP ISOTime] CRLF
          ServerID2 = Nickname / 40*HEXDIG