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diff --git a/doc/pastposix-functions/usleep.texi b/doc/pastposix-functions/usleep.texi
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--- a/doc/pastposix-functions/usleep.texi
+++ b/doc/pastposix-functions/usleep.texi
@@ -4,18 +4,24 @@
 
 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/usleep.html}
 
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: usleep
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some systems, @code{usleep} rejects attempts to sleep longer than 1
+second, as allowed by POSIX:
+mingw.
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms.  However, the replacement
+is designed to be lightweight, and may round to the nearest second;
+use @code{select} or @code{nanosleep} if better resolution is needed:
+IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.4, older mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.4, mingw, BeOS.
-@item
 According to POSIX, the @code{usleep} function may interfere with the program's
 use of the @code{SIGALRM} signal.  On Linux, it doesn't; on other platforms,
 it may.