diff -urNp coreutils-6.12-orig/src/md5sum.c coreutils-6.12/src/md5sum.c

--- coreutils-6.12-orig/src/md5sum.c	2008-05-26 08:40:33.000000000 +0200

+++ coreutils-6.12/src/md5sum.c	2008-10-21 16:07:28.000000000 +0200

@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read st

         fputs (_("\

   -t, --text           read in text mode (default)\n\

 "), stdout);

+  fputs (_("\

+  Note: There is no difference between binary and text mode option on GNU system.\n\

+"), stdout);

       fputs (_("\

 \n\

 The following four options are useful only when verifying checksums:\n\