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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memmem.3 b/lib/libc/string/memmem.3
index 73c267c..fb341f4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/memmem.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/memmem.3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 24, 2005
+.Dd May 26, 2015
.Dt MEMMEM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -51,14 +51,12 @@ in the byte string
.Fa big .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If
-.Fa big_len
-is smaller than
-.Fa little_len ,
-if
.Fa little_len
-is 0, if
-.Fa big_len
-is 0 or if
+is zero
+.Fa big
+is returned (that is, an empty little is deemed to match at the beginning of
+big);
+if
.Fa little
occurs nowhere in
.Fa big ,
@@ -84,3 +82,11 @@ function first appeared in
.Sh BUGS
This function was broken in Linux libc up to and including version 5.0.9
and in GNU libc prior to version 2.1.
+Prior to
+.Fx 11.0
+.Nm
+returned
+.Dv NULL
+when
+.Fa little_len
+equals 0.
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