diff --git a/src/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3 b/src/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3
index 5ce444d6..1e46ef2e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: strlcpy.3,v 1.2 1998/07/06 19:17:21 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: strlcpy.3,v 1.3 1998/11/11 17:12:02 espie Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -131,9 +131,16 @@ size_t n;
 n = strlcpy(pname, dir, sizeof(pname));
 if (n >= sizeof(pname))
 	goto toolong;
-if (strlcpy(pname + n, file, sizeof(pname)) >= sizeof(pname) - n)
+if (strlcpy(pname + n, file, sizeof(pname) - n) >= sizeof(pname) - n)
 	goto toolong;
 .Ed
+.Pp
+However, one may question the validity of such optimizations, as they
+defeat the whole purpose of
+.Fn strlcpy
+and
+.Fn strlcat .
+As a matter of fact, the first version of this manual page got it wrong.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr snprintf 3 ,
 .Xr strncpy 3 ,