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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi
index 97992e408..f92d3a685 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi
@@ -2,21 +2,37 @@
 @section @code{stat}
 @findex stat
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stat.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stat.html}
 
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: stat
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{stat} may not correctly
+report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB.
+(Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
+@item
+On some platforms, @code{stat("link-to-file/",buf)} succeeds instead
+of failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
+FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, Solaris 9.
+@item
+On some platforms, @code{stat(".",buf)} and @code{stat("./",buf)} give
+different results:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{stat} may not correctly
-report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB.  The fix is to
-use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
+@xref{sys/stat.h}, for general portability problems with @code{struct stat}.
 @item
 Cygwin's @code{stat} function sometimes sets @code{errno} to @code{EACCES} when
 @code{ENOENT} would be more appropriate.
+@item
+Because of the definition of @code{struct stat}, it is not possible to
+portably replace @code{stat} via an object-like macro.  Therefore,
+expressions such as @code{(islnk ? lstat : stat) (name, buf)} are not
+portable, and should instead be written @code{islnk ? lstat (name,
+buf) : stat (name, buf)}.
 @end itemize