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diff --git a/lib/ttyname_r.c b/lib/ttyname_r.c
index 5b59547ca..6005c9d8d 100644
--- a/lib/ttyname_r.c
+++ b/lib/ttyname_r.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Determine name of a terminal.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    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
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ ttyname_r (int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen)
   /* When ttyname_r exists, use it.  */
 #if HAVE_TTYNAME_R
   /* This code is multithread-safe.  */
-  /* On Solaris, ttyname_r always fails if buflen < 128.  So provide a buffer
-     that is large enough.  */
+  /* On Solaris, ttyname_r always fails if buflen < 128.  On OSF/1 5.1,
+     ttyname_r ignores the buffer size and assumes the buffer is large enough.
+     So provide a buffer that is large enough.  */
   char largerbuf[512];
 # if HAVE_POSIXDECL_TTYNAME_R
   int err =