diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/doc/binutils.texi binutils-2.29.1/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
--- binutils.orig/binutils/doc/binutils.texi	2017-11-01 11:44:12.360707737 +0000
+++ binutils-2.29.1/binutils/doc/binutils.texi	2017-11-01 11:45:38.702652255 +0000
@@ -4661,8 +4661,13 @@ given.
 @itemx --all
 Equivalent to specifying @option{--file-header},
 @option{--program-headers}, @option{--sections}, @option{--symbols},
-@option{--relocs}, @option{--dynamic}, @option{--notes} and
-@option{--version-info}.
+@option{--relocs}, @option{--dynamic}, @option{--notes},
+@option{--version-info}, @option{--arch-specific}, @option{--unwind},
+@option{--section-groups} and @option{--histogram}.
+
+Note - this option does not enable @option{--use-dynamic} itself, so
+if that option is not present on the command line then dynamic symbols
+and dynamic relocs will not be displayed.
 
 @item -h
 @itemx --file-header
@@ -4758,6 +4763,9 @@ When displaying symbols, this option mak
 symbol hash tables in the file's dynamic section, rather than the
 symbol table sections.
 
+When displaying relocations, this option makes @command{readelf}
+display the dynamic relocations rather than the static relocations.
+
 @item -x <number or name>
 @itemx --hex-dump=<number or name>
 Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal bytes.
diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/readelf.c binutils-2.29.1/binutils/readelf.c
--- binutils.orig/binutils/readelf.c	2017-11-01 11:44:12.357707774 +0000
+++ binutils-2.29.1/binutils/readelf.c	2017-11-01 11:45:11.901979878 +0000
@@ -7117,7 +7117,21 @@ process_relocs (FILE * file)
 	}
 
       if (! found)
-	printf (_("\nThere are no relocations in this file.\n"));
+	{
+	  /* Users sometimes forget the -D option, so try to be helpful.  */
+	  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (dynamic_relocations); i++)
+	    {
+	      if (dynamic_info [dynamic_relocations [i].size])
+		{
+		  printf (_("\nThere are no static relocations in this file."));
+		  printf (_("\nTo see the dynamic relocations add --use-dynamic to the command line.\n"));
+
+		  break;
+		}
+	    }
+	  if (i == ARRAY_SIZE (dynamic_relocations))
+	    printf (_("\nThere are no relocations in this file.\n"));
+	}
     }
 
   return TRUE;