diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 81fce82181091f9ce3f7a3b03df82cd3b1d3f713..436dab7da417481ef352c32797b5f17d4bf001d7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Target Layer:
 	VERY EARLY Cortex-A8 and ARMv7A support
 	Updated BeagleBoard.org hardware support
     New commands for use with XScale processors: "xscale vector_table"
+    ARM9
+	name change:  "arm9 vector_catch" not "arm9tdmi vector_catch"
     ARM11
 	single stepping support for i.MX31
 	bugfix for missing "arm11" prefix on "arm11 memwrite ..."
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index fa9477ac84d7bd03af7293ad227d140bb7fb3818..611bdd3cd37730d54b4233dd31f1d136776937b0 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@ Once the above are completed:
 - regression: "reset halt" between 729(works) and 788(fails): @par
 https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-July/009206.html
 - ARM7/9:
-  - clean up "arm9tdmi vector_catch". Should be available for other arm9
-  (e.g. arm926ejs) and some(???) arm7 cores. @par 
-https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-October/011488.html  
+  - clean up "arm9tdmi vector_catch". Available for some arm7 cores? @par
+https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-October/011488.html
 https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-October/011506.html
   - add reset option to allow programming embedded ice while srst is asserted.
   Some CPUs will gate the JTAG clock when srst is asserted and in this case,
diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi
index 676099429d26b2b49da2c86f4e32420faac32f0c..b91fb3be824f6dcc49d19144ccf09f709649d671 100644
--- a/doc/openocd.texi
+++ b/doc/openocd.texi
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ early boot code, which performs some of the same actions
 that the @code{reset-init} event handler does.
 
 @item
-Likewise, the @command{arm9tdmi vector_catch} command (or
+Likewise, the @command{arm9 vector_catch} command (or
 @cindex vector_catch
 its siblings @command{xscale vector_catch}
 and @command{cortex_m3 vector_catch}) can be a timesaver
@@ -5028,7 +5028,7 @@ at @var{address} for @var{length} bytes.
 This is a software breakpoint, unless @option{hw} is specified
 in which case it will be a hardware breakpoint.
 
-(@xref{arm9tdmi vector_catch}, or @pxref{xscale vector_catch},
+(@xref{arm9 vector_catch}, or @pxref{xscale vector_catch},
 for similar mechanisms that do not consume hardware breakpoints.)
 @end deffn
 
@@ -5453,18 +5453,13 @@ ARM9-family cores are built around ARM9TDMI or ARM9E (including ARM9EJS)
 integer processors.
 Such cores include the ARM920T, ARM926EJ-S, and ARM966.
 
-For historical reasons, one command shared by these cores starts
-with the @command{arm9tdmi} prefix.
-This is true even for ARM9E based processors, which implement the
-ARMv5TE architecture instead of ARMv4T.
-
 @c 9-june-2009:  tried this on arm920t, it didn't work.
 @c no-params always lists nothing caught, and that's how it acts.
 @c 23-oct-2009:  doesn't work _consistently_ ... as if the ICE
 @c versions have different rules about when they commit writes.
 
-@anchor{arm9tdmi vector_catch}
-@deffn Command {arm9tdmi vector_catch} [@option{all}|@option{none}|list]
+@anchor{arm9 vector_catch}
+@deffn Command {arm9 vector_catch} [@option{all}|@option{none}|list]
 @cindex vector_catch
 Vector Catch hardware provides a sort of dedicated breakpoint
 for hardware events such as reset, interrupt, and abort.
diff --git a/src/target/arm9tdmi.c b/src/target/arm9tdmi.c
index 12b68ae5645fcc7476d28c5639702a8c5c367101..e3c6ca352e1645a5f0b32ccacd14325f10ea5f6d 100644
--- a/src/target/arm9tdmi.c
+++ b/src/target/arm9tdmi.c
@@ -1061,14 +1061,12 @@ int arm9tdmi_register_commands(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 	command_t *arm9tdmi_cmd;
 
 	retval = arm7_9_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
-	arm9tdmi_cmd = register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "arm9tdmi",
+	arm9tdmi_cmd = register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "arm9",
 			NULL, COMMAND_ANY,
-			"arm9tdmi specific commands");
+			"arm9 specific commands");
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, arm9tdmi_cmd, "vector_catch",
 			handle_arm9tdmi_catch_vectors_command, COMMAND_EXEC,
-			"arm9 vector_catch [all|none|reset|undef|swi|pabt|dabt|irq|fiq] - separate vectors to catch by space");
-
-
+			"arm9 vector_catch [all|none|reset|undef|swi|pabt|dabt|irq|fiq] ...");
 
 	return retval;
 }