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+++ b/original/man3/stpncpy.3
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_ONEPARA)
 .\" This is free documentation; 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 of
 .\" the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" References consulted:
 .\"   GNU glibc-2 source code and manual
 .\"
 .\" Corrected, aeb, 990824
-.TH STPNCPY 3  2010-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH STPNCPY 3  2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 stpncpy \- copy a fixed-size string, returning a pointer to its end
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -41,29 +43,28 @@ _GNU_SOURCE
 The
 .BR stpncpy ()
 function copies at most \fIn\fP characters from the string
-pointed to by \fIsrc\fP, including the terminating \(aq\\0\(aq character,
+pointed to by \fIsrc\fP, including the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq),
 to the array pointed to by \fIdest\fP.
 Exactly \fIn\fP characters are written at
 \fIdest\fP.
 If the length \fIstrlen(src)\fP is smaller than \fIn\fP, the
 remaining characters in the array pointed to by \fIdest\fP are filled
-with \(aq\\0\(aq characters.
+with null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq),
 If the length \fIstrlen(src)\fP is greater or equal to
 \fIn\fP, the string pointed to by \fIdest\fP will
-not be \(aq\\0\(aq terminated.
+not be null-terminated.
 .PP
 The strings may not overlap.
 .PP
 The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least \fIn\fP characters
 at \fIdest\fP.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
 .BR stpncpy ()
-returns a pointer to the terminating null
+returns a pointer to the terminating null byte
 in \fIdest\fP, or, if \fIdest\fP is not null-terminated,
 \fIdest + n\fP.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This function is a GNU extension.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+This function was added to POSIX.1-2008. Before that, it was a GNU extension.
+.SH SEE ALSO
 .BR strncpy (3),
-.BR wcpncpy (3),
-.BR feature_test_macros (7)
+.BR wcpncpy (3)