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diff --git a/misc/regexp.h b/misc/regexp.h
index 3460989..42394f7 100644
--- a/misc/regexp.h
+++ b/misc/regexp.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
#ifndef _REGEXP_H
#define _REGEXP_H 1
-/* The contents of this header file were standardized in the
- Single Unix Specification, Version 2 (1997) but marked as
- LEGACY; new applications were already being encouraged to
- use <regex.h> instead. POSIX.1-2001 removed this header.
+/* The contents of this header file were originally standardized in
+ the Single Unix Specification, Issue 3 (1992). In Issue 4 (1994)
+ the header was marked as TO BE WITHDRAWN, and new applications
+ were encouraged to use <regex.h> instead. It was officially
+ withdrawn from the standard in Issue 6 (aka POSIX.1-2001).
This header is provided only for backward compatibility.
It will be removed in the next release of the GNU C Library.