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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi
index 2bd219517..5b953345a 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/fchownat.texi
@@ -2,16 +2,28 @@
 @section @code{fchownat}
 @findex fchownat
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fchownat.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fchownat.html}
 
 Gnulib module: openat
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
+Some platforms fail to detect trailing slash on non-directories, as in
+@code{fchown(dir,"link-to-file/",uid,gid,flag)}:
+Solaris 9.
+@item
+Some platforms mistakenly dereference symlinks when using
+@code{AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW}:
+Linux kernel 2.6.17.
+@item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
-But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.
+glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX
+5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and
+is not multithread-safe.  Also, the replacement may fail to change
+symlinks if @code{lchown} is unsupported, or fail altogether if
+@code{chown} is unsupported.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: