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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/stdin.texi b/doc/posix-functions/stdin.texi
index dfa13ec3b..9fa29b6d4 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/stdin.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/stdin.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{stdin}
 @findex stdin
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stdin.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stdin.html}
 
 Gnulib module: ---
 
@@ -17,4 +17,11 @@ stdin is created in 32-bit mode instead of 64-bit mode: Cygwin 1.5.x.
 One workaround is to use freopen(NULL, ``r'', stdin) on Cygwin 1.5.21
 or newer.  Another is to use the gnulib ftello module and do
 ftello(stdin).
+@item
+POSIX states that a setuid application can guarantee that fd 0 is
+open, but some systems guarantee this even for non-setuid programs.
+If an application is executed with fd 0 closed, use of @code{stdin}
+can affect an unrelated file that happened to be assigned to fd 0.
+The gnulib *-safer modules may be used to guarantee that fd 0 stays
+reserved for @code{stdin}.
 @end itemize