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diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 72ff7f89..ea2419bc 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -19256,8 +19256,9 @@ $ @kbd{echo a | sed 's/x/x/;;s/x/x/'}
sed: 1: "s/x/x/;;s/x/x/": invalid command code ;
@end example
-Input should not have unreasonably long lines, since some @command{sed}
-implementations have an input buffer limited to 4000 bytes. Likewise,
+Some @command{sed} implementations have a buffer limited to 4000 bytes,
+and this limits the size of input lines, output lines, and internal
+buffers that can be processed portably. Likewise,
not all @command{sed} implementations can handle embedded @code{NUL} or
a missing trailing newline.