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diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi
index 074b85702c..4a81edca13 100644
--- a/manual/nss.texi
+++ b/manual/nss.texi
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ the non-reentrant and reentrant versions of our function above are:
@smallexample
struct hostent *gethostbyname (const char *name)
-struct hostent *gethostbyname_r (const char *name,
- struct hostent *result_buf, char *buf,
- int buflen, int *h_errnop)
+int gethostbyname_r (const char *name, struct hostent *result_buf,
+ char *buf, size_t buflen, struct hostent **result,
+ int *h_errnop)
@end smallexample
@noindent
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ The actual prototype of the function in the NSS modules in this case is
@smallexample
enum nss_status _nss_files_gethostbyname_r (const char *name,
struct hostent *result_buf,
- char *buf, int buflen,
+ char *buf, size_t buflen,
int *h_errnop)
@end smallexample
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ the interface. All derive from the traditional ones for system databases.
database (e.g., it is @code{pw} for the password database).
@table @code
-@item int _nss_@var{database}_set@var{db}ent (void)
+@item enum nss_status _nss_@var{database}_set@var{db}ent (void)
This function prepares the service for following operations. For a
simple file based lookup this means files could be opened, for other
services this function simply is a noop.
@@ -566,14 +566,14 @@ argument for some @var{database}s (i.e., the interface is
The return value should be @var{NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS} or according to the
table above in case of an error (@pxref{NSS Modules Interface}).
-@item int _nss_@var{database}_end@var{db}ent (void)
+@item enum nss_status _nss_@var{database}_end@var{db}ent (void)
This function simply closes all files which are still open or removes
buffer caches. If there are no files or buffers to remove this is again
a simple noop.
There normally is no return value different to @var{NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS}.
-@item int _nss_@var{database}_get@var{db}ent_r (@var{STRUCTURE} *result, char *buffer, int buflen)
+@item enum nss_status _nss_@var{database}_get@var{db}ent_r (@var{STRUCTURE} *result, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
Since this function will be called several times in a row to retrieve
one entry after the other it must keep some kind of state. But this
also means the functions are not really reentrant. They are reentrant
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ returned. When the service was not formerly initialized by a call to
@code{_nss_@var{DATABASE}_set@var{db}ent} all return value allowed for
this function can also be returned here.
-@item int _nss_@var{DATABASE}_get@var{db}by@var{XX}_r (@var{PARAMS}, @var{STRUCTURE} *result, char *buffer, int buflen)
+@item enum nss_status _nss_@var{DATABASE}_get@var{db}by@var{XX}_r (@var{PARAMS}, @var{STRUCTURE} *result, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
This function shall return the entry from the database which is
addressed by the @var{PARAMS}. The type and number of these arguments
vary. It must be individually determined by looking to the user-level