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
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ Print or check %s (%d-bit) checksums.\n\
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 five options are useful only when verifying checksums:\n\