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diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
index 7eb528efd..8fc96203b 100644
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Gnulib module: openpty
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2010-11.
+@item
 One some systems (at least including Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
 and Mac OS X) linking with @code{-lutil} is not required.
 @item
@@ -16,11 +19,20 @@ required.
 The function is declared in pty.h on Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
 and glibc.  It is declared in util.h on Mac OS X, OpenBSD and NetBSD.
 It is declared in libutil.h on FreeBSD.
+@item
+Some platforms declare the function without marking the last two
+parameters @code{const}.
+FreeBSD, Cygwin 1.7.1.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On some systems (at least including Solaris and HP-UX) the function is
-missing.
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
+@item
+After a successful call to @code{openpty}, the application needs to close
+the master's file descriptor before closing the slave's file descriptor,
+otherwise the process may hang in a state where it cannot be killed, on
+some platforms: MacOS X 10.4.11.
 @end itemize