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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/write.texi b/doc/posix-functions/write.texi
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--- a/doc/posix-functions/write.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/write.texi
@@ -2,19 +2,44 @@
 @section @code{write}
 @findex write
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/write.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/write.html}
 
-Gnulib module: write, sigpipe
+Gnulib module: write, nonblocking, sigpipe
 
-Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
+Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}:
+@itemize
+@item
+This function crashes when invoked with invalid arguments on some platforms:
+MSVC 9.
+@item
+When writing to a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is full, this function fails
+with @code{errno} being set to @code{ENOSPC} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on some
+platforms:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
+@item
+When writing to a non-blocking pipe on which no reader is currently waiting
+an amount of bytes that exceeds the pipe buffer's size, then -- even if the
+pipe's buffer is empty -- this function fails, instead of performing a partial
+write into the pipe buffer, on some platforms:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
+@end itemize
+
+Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{sigpipe}:
 @itemize
 @item
 When writing to a pipe with no readers, this function fails with error
 @code{EINVAL}, instead of obeying the current @code{SIGPIPE} handler, on
 some platforms:
-mingw.
+mingw, MSVC 9.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+This function may fail with error @code{EINTR}, even in programs that don't
+install any signal handlers, on some platforms:
+MacOS X 10.5.
 @end itemize
+
+For handling @code{EINTR}, Gnulib provides a module @samp{safe-write} with a
+function @code{safe_write}.