diff --git a/doc/3RDPARTY b/doc/3RDPARTY
index fc066064cd07..798bc917d3e7 100644
--- a/doc/3RDPARTY
+++ b/doc/3RDPARTY
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: 3RDPARTY,v 1.1370 2016/10/20 23:16:23 kre Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: 3RDPARTY,v 1.1371 2016/10/26 20:05:21 christos Exp $
 #
 # This file contains a list of the software that has been integrated into
 # NetBSD where we are not the primary maintainer.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Todo[4]: Re-entrant functions of net/*
 Todo[5]: Reconcile the doc directory.
 
 Package:	binutils
-Version:	2.23.2
+Version:	2.27
 Current Vers:	2.27
 Maintainer:	FSF
 Archive Site:	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES
index 7edee0e8a8b1..30c81b6d6218 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES
+++ b/doc/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.2201 $>
+# LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.2202 $>
 #
 #
 # [Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
@@ -386,3 +386,5 @@ Changes from NetBSD 7.0 to NetBSD 8.0:
 	libc: Add the wcsnlen(3) function in <wchar.h>. [kamil 20161015]
 	libc: Update to tzcode2016h. [christos 20161020]
 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2016h.  [kre 20161020]
+	binutils: Updated to FSF binutils 2.27.  [christos 20161026]
+