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diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi
index f9158c414..b46287e4b 100644
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi
@@ -2,15 +2,62 @@
 @subsection @code{asprintf}
 @findex asprintf
 
-Gnulib module: vasprintf
+Gnulib module: vasprintf or vasprintf-posix
 
-Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
+Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vasprintf} or @code{vasprintf-posix}:
 @itemize
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw, Interix 3.5.
 @end itemize
 
+Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vasprintf-posix}:
+@itemize
+@item
+This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
+@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
+Cygwin 1.5.24, BeOS.
+@item
+printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
+BeOS.
+@item
+printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
+incorrect result on some platforms:
+Solaris 11 2010-11.
+@item
+This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
+platforms:
+glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS.
+@item
+This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
+NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS.
+@item
+This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms:
+OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
+@item
+This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly
+on some platforms:
+Solaris 11 2010-11.
+@item
+This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
+arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
+NetBSD 3.0, BeOS.
+@item
+This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms:
+NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24.
+@item
+printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
+with zeroes) on some platforms:
+MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x.
+@item
+This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
+floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
+BeOS.
+@item
+This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
+MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0.
+@end itemize
+
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @end itemize