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diff --git a/lib/close-stream.c b/lib/close-stream.c
index 2a1f8a4a0..cf0422f3d 100644
--- a/lib/close-stream.c
+++ b/lib/close-stream.c
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 /* Close a stream, with nicer error checking than fclose's.
 
-   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 Free
-   Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1998-2002, 2004, 2006-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-   any later version.
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
 
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -14,8 +13,7 @@
    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -34,6 +32,10 @@
    otherwise.  A failure might set errno to 0 if the error number
    cannot be determined.
 
+   A failure with errno set to EPIPE may or may not indicate an error
+   situation worth signaling to the user.  See the documentation of the
+   close_stdout_set_ignore_EPIPE function for details.
+
    If a program writes *anything* to STREAM, that program should close
    STREAM and make sure that it succeeds before exiting.  Otherwise,
    suppose that you go to the extreme of checking the return status
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ close_stream (FILE *stream)
   if (prev_fail || (fclose_fail && (some_pending || errno != EBADF)))
     {
       if (! fclose_fail)
-	errno = 0;
+        errno = 0;
       return EOF;
     }