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diff --git a/include/utmp.h b/include/utmp.h
index bdf137b..1b57bb8 100644
--- a/include/utmp.h
+++ b/include/utmp.h
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
#define _PATH_WTMP "/var/log/wtmp"
#define _PATH_LASTLOG "/var/log/lastlog"
+/*
+ * XXX: These values are too low, but cannot be changed without breaking
+ * the file format. Right now pts(4) is limited to 1000 instances,
+ * because /dev/pts/1000 would require UT_LINESIZE to be bigger.
+ * UT_HOSTSIZE is also too small to hold most common hostnames or IPv6
+ * addresses.
+ */
#define UT_NAMESIZE 16 /* see MAXLOGNAME in <sys/param.h> */
#define UT_LINESIZE 8
#define UT_HOSTSIZE 16
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