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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/link.texi b/doc/posix-functions/link.texi
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--- a/doc/posix-functions/link.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/link.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{link}
 @findex link
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/link.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/link.html}
 
 Gnulib module: link
 
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ mingw.
 @item
 This function fails to reject trailing slashes on non-directories on
 some platforms:
-Solaris, Cygwin 1.5.x.
+FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+When the first argument is a symlink, some platforms create a
+hard-link to what the symlink referenced, rather than to the symlink
+itself.  Use @samp{linkat} to force a particular behavior.
 @end itemize