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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi b/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi
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--- a/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{isblank}
 @findex isblank
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isblank.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isblank.html}
 
 Gnulib module: isblank
 
@@ -16,3 +16,28 @@ AIX 4.3.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @end itemize
+
+Note: This function's behaviour depends on the locale, but does not support
+the multibyte characters that occur in strings in locales with
+@code{MB_CUR_MAX > 1} (this includes all the common UTF-8 locales).
+There are four alternative APIs:
+
+@table @code
+@item c_isblank
+This function operates in a locale independent way and returns true only for
+ASCII characters.  It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{c-ctype}.
+
+@item iswblank
+This function operates in a locale dependent way, on wide characters.  In
+order to use it, you first have to convert from multibyte to wide characters,
+using the @code{mbrtowc} function.  It is provided by the Gnulib module
+@samp{wctype}.
+
+@item mb_isblank
+This function operates in a locale dependent way, on multibyte characters.
+It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{mbchar}.
+
+@item uc_is_blank
+This function operates in a locale independent way, on Unicode characters.
+It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{unictype/ctype-blank}.
+@end table