diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi
index c9e48bfa9..676099429 100644
--- a/doc/openocd.texi
+++ b/doc/openocd.texi
@@ -5460,6 +5460,8 @@ 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]
@@ -5476,7 +5478,7 @@ vector catch hardware to intercept
 @option{all} of the hardware vectors,
 @option{none} of them,
 or a list with one or more of the following:
-@option{reset} @option{undef} @option{swi} @option{pabt} @option{dabt} @option{reserved}
+@option{reset} @option{undef} @option{swi} @option{pabt} @option{dabt}
 @option{irq} @option{fiq}.
 @end deffn
 
diff --git a/src/target/arm9tdmi.c b/src/target/arm9tdmi.c
index f941922a5..12b68ae56 100644
--- a/src/target/arm9tdmi.c
+++ b/src/target/arm9tdmi.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ static arm9tdmi_vector_t arm9tdmi_vectors[] =
 	{"swi", ARM9TDMI_SWI_VECTOR},
 	{"pabt", ARM9TDMI_PABT_VECTOR},
 	{"dabt", ARM9TDMI_DABT_VECTOR},
-	{"reserved", ARM9TDMI_RESERVED_VECTOR},
 	{"irq", ARM9TDMI_IRQ_VECTOR},
 	{"fiq", ARM9TDMI_FIQ_VECTOR},
 	{0, 0},
@@ -1067,7 +1066,7 @@ int arm9tdmi_register_commands(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 			"arm9tdmi 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|reserved|irq|fiq] - separate vectors to catch by space");
+			"arm9 vector_catch [all|none|reset|undef|swi|pabt|dabt|irq|fiq] - separate vectors to catch by space");
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/target/arm9tdmi.h b/src/target/arm9tdmi.h
index 28be9b6cd..9dfa88631 100644
--- a/src/target/arm9tdmi.h
+++ b/src/target/arm9tdmi.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ enum arm9tdmi_vector
 	ARM9TDMI_SWI_VECTOR = 0x04,
 	ARM9TDMI_PABT_VECTOR = 0x08,
 	ARM9TDMI_DABT_VECTOR = 0x10,
-	ARM9TDMI_RESERVED_VECTOR = 0x20,
+	/* BIT(5) reserved -- must be zero */
 	ARM9TDMI_IRQ_VECTOR = 0x40,
 	ARM9TDMI_FIQ_VECTOR = 0x80,
 };