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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fopen.texi b/doc/posix-functions/fopen.texi
index da6acde58..4c9ec2299 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/fopen.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/fopen.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{fopen}
 @findex fopen
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/fopen.html}
+POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fopen.html}
 
 Gnulib module: fopen
 
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
 This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
-and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file, on some platforms:
-HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9.
+and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
+directory, on some platforms:
+HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
 @item
 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
 recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.
@@ -26,4 +27,10 @@ upon failure.
 On Windows, this function returns a file stream in ``text'' mode by default;
 this means that it translates @code{'\n'} to CR/LF by default.  Use the
 @code{"b"} flag if you need reliable binary I/O.
+@item
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function fails to open
+directories for reading.  Such streams have implementation-defined
+semantics on other platforms.  To avoid directory streams with a
+consistent error message, use @code{fstat} after @code{open} and
+@code{fdopen}, rather than @code{fopen} and @code{fileno}.
 @end itemize