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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/_longjmp.texi b/doc/posix-functions/_longjmp.texi
index 7d571f88e..e1c2f3dc0 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/_longjmp.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/_longjmp.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{_longjmp}
 @findex _longjmp
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/_longjmp.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/_longjmp.html}
 
 Gnulib module: ---
 
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
-Solaris 2.5.1, mingw.
-
-@item
-This function is obsolete; use @code{siglongjmp} instead.
+Solaris 2.5.1, mingw, MSVC 9.
 @end itemize
+
+Note: A future revision of POSIX later than the 2008/2009 one may drop the
+functions @code{_setjmp} and @code{_longjmp}.  Still, in 2008, on all
+systems which have @code{_setjmp}, it is the fastest way to save the
+registers but not the signal mask (up to 30 times faster than @code{setjmp}
+on some systems).