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diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texi b/doc/gdbm.texi
index d172ad7..8096215 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.texi
+++ b/doc/gdbm.texi
@@ -255,15 +255,20 @@ The arguments are:
The name of the file (the complete name, @code{gdbm} does not append any
characters to this name).
@item block_size
It is used during initialization to determine the size of various
constructs. It is the size of a single transfer from disk to
memory. This parameter is ignored if the file has been previously
-initialized. The minimum size is 512. If the value is less than 512,
-the file system block size is used, otherwise the value of
-@var{block_size} is used.
+initialized. If the value is less than 512, the file system block
+size is used instead. The size is adjusted so that the block can hold
+exact number of directory entries, so that the effective block size
+can be slightly greater than requested. However, if the
+@samp{GDBM_BSEXACT} flag is set and the size needs to be adjusted, the
+function will return with error status, setting the @samp{gdbm_errno}
+variable to @samp{GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR}.
+
@item flags
@kwindex GDBM_READER
@kwindex GDBM_WRITER
@kwindex GDBM_WRCREAT
@kwindex GDBM_NEWDB
If @code{flags} is set to @samp{GDBM_READER}, the user wants to just read the
@@ -284,12 +289,18 @@ The following may also be logically or'd into the database flags:
@samp{GDBM_SYNC}, which causes all database operations to be
synchronized to the disk, @samp{GDBM_NOLOCK}, which prevents the library
from performing any locking on the database file, and @samp{GDBM_NOMMAP},
which disables the memory mapping mechanism. The option @samp{GDBM_FAST} is
now obsolete, since @code{gdbm} defaults to no-sync mode.
+@kwindex GDBM_BSEXACT
+If this flag is set and the requested @var{block_size} cannot be used
+without adjustment, @code{gdbm_open} will refuse to create the
+databases. In this case it will set the @samp{gdbm_errno}
+variable to @samp{GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR} and return @samp{NULL}.
+
@kwindex GDBM_CLOEXEC
@cindex close-on-exec
If the host @samp{open} call
@ifhtml
(@uref{http://www.manpagez.com/man/2/open, open(2)})
@end ifhtml
@@ -1230,15 +1241,17 @@ No error occurred.
@kwindex GDBM_MALLOC_ERROR
@item GDBM_MALLOC_ERROR
Memory allocation failed. Not enough memory.
@kwindex GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR
+@kwindex GDBM_BSEXACT
@item GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR
This error is set by the @code{gdbm_open} function (@pxref{Open}), if
-the value of its @var{block_size} argument is incorrect.
+the value of its @var{block_size} argument is incorrect and the
+@samp{GDBM_BSEXACT} flag is set.
@kwindex GDBM_FILE_OPEN_ERROR
@item GDBM_FILE_OPEN_ERROR
The library was not able to open a disk file. This can be set by
@code{gdbm_open} (@pxref{Open}), @code{gdbm_export} and
@code{gdbm_import} functions (@pxref{Flat files}).

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