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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
index 6f03b4a..33a0a71 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" $OpenBSD: basename.3,v 1.12 2000/04/18 03:01:25 aaron Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 17, 1997
+.Dd October 12, 2006
.Dt BASENAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ If
is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string
.Qq \&.
is returned.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Fn basename
+function
+returns a pointer to internal storage space allocated on the first call
+that will be overwritten
+by subsequent calls.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
On successful completion,
.Fn basename
@@ -77,12 +84,6 @@ The following error codes may be set in
The path component to be returned was larger than
.Dv MAXPATHLEN .
.El
-.Sh WARNINGS
-The
-.Fn basename
-function
-returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten
-by subsequent calls.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr basename 1 ,
.Xr dirname 1 ,
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