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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi b/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi
index 167cf39ae..9fa07981d 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi
@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 This function does not support the error values that are specified by POSIX
 but not defined by the system, on some platforms:
-OpenBSD 4.0, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw.
+OpenBSD 4.0, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9.
 @item
 This function treats @code{errno} of 0 like failure, although POSIX
 requires that the message declare it as a success, on some platforms:
-FreeBSD 8.2
+FreeBSD 8.2, OpenBSD 4.7, MacOS X 10.5.
+@item
+This function clobbers the @code{strerror} buffer on some platforms:
+Cygwin 1.7.9.
+@item
+This function fails to print a useful a string for out-of-range integers on
+some platforms:
+HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 8.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 POSIX requires that this function set the stream error bit (detected
 by @code{ferror}) on write failure, but not all platforms do this:
-glibc 2.13.
+glibc 2.13, cygwin 1.7.9.
 @item
 POSIX requires that this function not alter stream orientation, but
 the gnulib replacement locks in byte orientation and fails on wide