@samp{--interpreter=mi} (or @samp{--interpreter=mi2}) causes
@value{GDBN} to use the @dfn{@sc{gdb/mi} interface} (@pxref{GDB/MI, ,
-The @sc{gdb/mi} Interface}) included since @var{GDBN} version 6.0. The
+The @sc{gdb/mi} Interface}) included since @value{GDBN} version 6.0. The
previous @sc{gdb/mi} interface, included in @value{GDBN} version 5.3 and
selected with @samp{--interpreter=mi1}, is deprecated. Earlier
@sc{gdb/mi} interfaces are no longer supported.
@unnumberedsec Function and Purpose
@cindex @sc{gdb/mi}, its purpose
-@sc{gdb/mi} is a line based machine oriented text interface to @value{GDBN}. It is
-specifically intended to support the development of systems which use
-the debugger as just one small component of a larger system.
+@sc{gdb/mi} is a line based machine oriented text interface to
+@value{GDBN} and is activated by specifying using the
+@option{--interpreter} command line option (@pxref{Mode Options}). It
+is specifically intended to support the development of systems which
+use the debugger as just one small component of a larger system.
This chapter is a specification of the @sc{gdb/mi} interface. It is written
in the form of a reference manual.