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-rw-r--r--crypt/sha256-crypt.c5
-rw-r--r--crypt/sha512-crypt.c5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/crypt/sha256-crypt.c b/crypt/sha256-crypt.c
index 0db13e4664..dbd29e0efd 100644
--- a/crypt/sha256-crypt.c
+++ b/crypt/sha256-crypt.c
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@ __sha256_crypt_r (key, salt, buffer, buflen)
/* Add the key string. */
__sha256_process_bytes (key, key_len, &ctx);
- /* The last part is the salt string. This must be at most 8
- characters and it ends at the first `$' character (for
- compatibility with existing implementations). */
+ /* The last part is the salt string. This must be at most 16
+ characters and it ends at the first `$' character. */
__sha256_process_bytes (salt, salt_len, &ctx);
diff --git a/crypt/sha512-crypt.c b/crypt/sha512-crypt.c
index 4b8949f5f1..ea96e525fb 100644
--- a/crypt/sha512-crypt.c
+++ b/crypt/sha512-crypt.c
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@ __sha512_crypt_r (key, salt, buffer, buflen)
/* Add the key string. */
__sha512_process_bytes (key, key_len, &ctx);
- /* The last part is the salt string. This must be at most 8
- characters and it ends at the first `$' character (for
- compatibility with existing implementations). */
+ /* The last part is the salt string. This must be at most 16
+ characters and it ends at the first `$' character. */
__sha512_process_bytes (salt, salt_len, &ctx);