diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index 13cf90601..4ab96bce4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ Computing the stochastic solution
 
        Specify the file format(s) for graphs saved to disk. Possible
        values are ``eps`` (the default), ``pdf``, ``fig`` and ``none``
-       (under Octave, only ``eps`` and ``none`` are available). If the
+       (under Octave, ``fig`` is unavailable). If the
        file format is set equal to ``none``, the graphs are displayed
        but not saved to the disk.
 
diff --git a/matlab/dyn_saveas.m b/matlab/dyn_saveas.m
index 009a49d5e..a605b5c9b 100644
--- a/matlab/dyn_saveas.m
+++ b/matlab/dyn_saveas.m
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function dyn_saveas(h, fname, nodisplay, graph_format)
 % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 %    none
 
-% Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Dynare Team
+% Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Dynare Team
 %
 % This file is part of Dynare.
 %
@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ if any(strcmp('eps',cellstr(graph_format)))
 end
 if any(strcmp('pdf',cellstr(graph_format)))
     if isoctave
-        error('Octave cannot create pdf files!')
-    else
-        print(h,'-dpdf',[fname,'.pdf'])
+        fname = strrep(fname,'/',filesep);
+        fname = strrep(fname,'\',filesep);
+        if nodisplay && ispc
+            set(h, 'Visible','on');
+        end
     end
+    print(h,'-dpdf',[fname,'.pdf'])
 end
 if any(strcmp('fig',cellstr(graph_format)))
     if isoctave