@comment limits.h
@comment POSIX.1
@deftypevr Macro int NAME_MAX
-The uniform system limit (if any) for the length of a file name component.
+The uniform system limit (if any) for the length of a file name component, not
+including the terminating null character.
@end deftypevr
@comment limits.h
@comment POSIX.1
@deftypevr Macro int PATH_MAX
The uniform system limit (if any) for the length of an entire file name (that
-is, the argument given to system calls such as @code{open}).
+is, the argument given to system calls such as @code{open}), including the
+terminating null character.
@end deftypevr
@cindex limits, pipe buffer size