diff --git a/man3/index.3 b/man3/index.3
index 64db1445f..9e31edbe3 100644
--- a/man3/index.3
+++ b/man3/index.3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"     386BSD man pages
 .\" Modified Mon Apr 12 12:54:34 1993, David Metcalfe
 .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:13:52 1993, Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
-.TH INDEX 3  2008-08-06 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH INDEX 3 2009-03-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 index, rindex \- locate character in string
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ the matched character or NULL if the character is not found.
 POSIX.1-2008 removes the specifications of
 .BR index ()
 and
-.BR rindex ().
+.BR rindex (),
+recommending
+.BR strchr (3)
+and
+.BR strrchr (3)
+instead.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR memchr (3),
 .BR strchr (3),