diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e89a8efd4..8f809b1fd 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@ tsearch.3
 	Add use of tdestroy to example program.
     mtk
         Add "#define _GNU_SOURCE" to example program.
+
+services.5
+    mtk
+        Remove some out of date bugs.
diff --git a/man5/services.5 b/man5/services.5
index a05bdc250..f2434332c 100644
--- a/man5/services.5
+++ b/man5/services.5
@@ -187,19 +187,23 @@ The Internet network services list
 .I <netdb.h>
 Definition of
 .B _PATH_SERVICES
-.SH BUGS
-There is a maximum of 35 aliases, due to the way the
-.BR getservent (3)
-code is written.
-
-Lines longer than
-.B BUFSIZ
-(currently 1024) characters will be ignored by
-.BR getservent (3),
-.BR getservbyname (3),
-and
-.BR getservbyport (3).
-However, this will also cause the next line to be mis-parsed.
+.\" .SH BUGS
+.\" It's not clear when/if the following was ever true;
+.\" it isn't true for glibc 2.8:
+.\"    There is a maximum of 35 aliases, due to the way the
+.\"    .BR getservent (3)
+.\"    code is written.
+.\"  
+.\" It's not clear when/if the following was ever true;
+.\" it isn't true for glibc 2.8:
+.\"    Lines longer than
+.\"    .B BUFSIZ
+.\"    (currently 1024) characters will be ignored by
+.\"    .BR getservent (3),
+.\"    .BR getservbyname (3),
+.\"    and
+.\"    .BR getservbyport (3).
+.\"    However, this will also cause the next line to be mis-parsed.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR listen (2),
 .BR endservent (3),