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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi b/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
index b259d5a1e..bc4adf9cf 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
@@ -2,14 +2,20 @@
 @section @code{rmdir}
 @findex rmdir
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rmdir.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rmdir.html}
 
 Gnulib module: rmdir
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some old platforms.
+This function mistakenly removes a directory with
+@code{rmdir("dir/./")} on some platforms:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
+@item
+This function fails with @code{EINVAL} instead of the expected
+@code{ENOTDIR} for @code{rmdir("file/")} on some platforms:
+mingw.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@@ -17,4 +23,9 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 When @code{rmdir} fails because the specified directory is not empty, the
 @code{errno} value is system dependent.
+@item
+POSIX requires that @code{rmdir("link-to-empty/")} remove @file{empty}
+and leave @file{link-to-empty} as a dangling symlink.  This is
+counter-intuitive, so some systems fail with @code{ENOTDIR} instead:
+glibc
 @end itemize