diff --git a/src/include/math.h b/src/include/math.h
index 398dd3b8..135875ed 100644
--- a/src/include/math.h
+++ b/src/include/math.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: math.h,v 1.7 2003/06/26 22:27:14 jason Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: math.h,v 1.8 2003/06/26 22:40:27 jason Exp $	*/
 /*
  * ====================================================
  * Copyright (C) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern char __infinity[];
 #define	M_SQRT1_2	0.70710678118654752440	/* 1/sqrt(2) */
 
 #ifdef __vax__
-#define	MAXFLOAT	((float)1.7e38)
+#define	MAXFLOAT        ((float)1.70141173319264430e+38)
 #else
 #define	MAXFLOAT	((float)3.40282346638528860e+38)
 #endif