diff --git a/man3/gethostbyname.3 b/man3/gethostbyname.3
index 286b27984..6e868d41c 100644
--- a/man3/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/man3/gethostbyname.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" Modified 2002-08-05, Michael Kerrisk
 .\" Modified 2004-10-31, Andries Brouwer
 .\"
-.TH GETHOSTBYNAME 3 2008-08-18 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETHOSTBYNAME 3 2008-10-21 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, sethostent, gethostent, endhostent,
 h_errno,
@@ -291,7 +291,12 @@ POSIX.1-2001 specifies
 .BR endhostent (),
 .BR gethostent (),
 and
-.IR h_errno .
+.IR h_errno ;
+.BR gethostbyname (),
+.BR gethostbyaddr (),
+and
+.IR h_errno
+are marked obsolescent in that standard.
 POSIX.1-2008 removes the specifications of
 .BR gethostbyname (),
 .BR gethostbyaddr (),
@@ -337,18 +342,6 @@ The BSD prototype for
 uses
 .I const char *
 for the first argument.
-.LP
-POSIX.1-2001 marks
-.BR gethostbyaddr ()
-and
-.BR gethostbyname ()
-obsolescent.
-.\" FIXME . SUSv4 removes the specs for gethostbyname(),
-.\" gethostbyaddr(), and h_errno.
-See
-.BR getaddrinfo (3),
-.BR getnameinfo (3),
-.BR gai_strerror (3).
 .SS "System V/POSIX Extension"
 POSIX requires the
 .BR gethostent ()