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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getcwd.texi b/doc/posix-functions/getcwd.texi
index 1f6dd187d..a49a8990d 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getcwd.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getcwd.texi
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getcwd} or
 @itemize
 @item
 On glibc platforms, @code{getcwd (NULL, n)} allocates memory for the result.
-On some other platforms, this call is not allowed.  Conversely, mingw fails
-to honor non-zero @code{n}.
+On some other platforms, this call is not allowed.
 @item
 On some platforms, the prototype for @code{getcwd} uses @code{int}
 instead of @code{size_t} for the size argument:
@@ -30,4 +29,11 @@ correctly on some platforms.
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+When using @code{getcwd(NULL, nonzero)}, some platforms, such as glibc
+or cygwin, allocate exactly @code{nonzero} bytes and fail with
+@code{ERANGE} if it was not big enough, while other platforms, such as
+FreeBSD or mingw, ignore the size argument and allocate whatever size
+is necessary.  If this call succeeds, an application cannot portably
+access beyond the string length of the result.
 @end itemize