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Index: head/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3
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--- head/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3
+++ head/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)gethostname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 18, 2003
+.Dd July 13, 2020
.Dt GETHOSTNAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
This call is restricted to the super-user and
is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
.Pp
-Host names are limited to
-.Brq Dv HOST_NAME_MAX
-characters, not including the trailing null, currently 255.
+Applications should use
+.Fn sysconf _SC_HOST_NAME_MAX
+to find the maximum length of a host name (not including the terminating null).
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std
.Sh ERRORS

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