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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/truncate.texi b/doc/posix-functions/truncate.texi
index f332288b0..a21f09893 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/truncate.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/truncate.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{truncate}
 @findex truncate
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/truncate.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/truncate.html}
 
 Gnulib module: ---
 
@@ -14,5 +14,9 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
+mingw, MSVC 9.
+@item
+On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function is not
+applicable to arbitrary lengths for files larger than 2 GB.  The fix is to
+use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
 @end itemize