RISC-V: Support assembler modifier %got_pcrel_hi.

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diff --git a/gas/doc/c-vax.texi b/gas/doc/c-vax.texi
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--- a/gas/doc/c-vax.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-vax.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-@c Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c This is part of the GAS manual.
 @c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
 @c VAX/VMS description enhanced and corrected by Klaus K"aempf, kkaempf@progis.de
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
 * VAX-branch::                  VAX Branch Improvement
 * VAX-operands::                VAX Operands
 * VAX-no::                      Not Supported on VAX
+* VAX-Syntax::                  VAX Syntax
 @end menu
 
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ These are obsolete options used to debug old assemblers.
 @item @code{-d} (Displacement size for JUMPs)
 This option expects a number following the @samp{-d}.  Like options
 that expect filenames, the number may immediately follow the
-@samp{-d} (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command line
+@samp{-d} (old standard) or constitute the whole of the command-line
 argument that follows @samp{-d} (@sc{gnu} standard).
 
 @cindex @code{-V}, redundant on VAX
@@ -356,3 +356,28 @@ separated.
 @cindex bitfields, not supported on VAX
 Vax bit fields can not be assembled with @code{@value{AS}}.  Someone
 can add the required code if they really need it.
+
+@node VAX-Syntax
+@section VAX Syntax
+@menu
+* VAX-Chars::                Special Characters
+@end menu
+
+@node VAX-Chars
+@subsection Special Characters
+
+@cindex line comment character, VAX
+@cindex VAX line comment character
+The presence of a @samp{#} appearing anywhere on a line indicates the
+start of a comment that extends to the end of that line.
+
+If a @samp{#} appears as the first character of a line then the whole
+line is treated as a comment, but in this case the line can also be a
+logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
+control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
+
+@cindex line separator, VAX
+@cindex statement separator, VAX
+@cindex VAX line separator
+The @samp{;} character can be used to separate statements on the same
+line.