diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/bits/local_lim.h b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/bits/local_lim.h
index f6b9682918..51a2791b17 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/bits/local_lim.h
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/bits/local_lim.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Minimum guaranteed maximum values for system limits.  Hurd version.
-   Copyright (C) 1993, 94, 96, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1993,94,96,98,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@
    Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
    02111-1307 USA.  */
 
-/* GNU has no arbitrary fixed limits on these things, so we don't
-   define the macros.  Some things are unlimited.  Some are in fact
-   limited but the limit is run-time dependent and fetched with
-   `sysconf' or `pathconf'.
+/* GNU has no arbitrary fixed limits on most of these things, so we
+   don't define the macros.  Some things are unlimited.  Some are in
+   fact limited but the limit is run-time dependent and fetched with
+   `sysconf' or `pathconf'.  */
 
-   POSIX.1 requires that we define NGROUPS_MAX (though none of the others
+/* This one value is actually constrained by the `struct dirent'
+   layout, in which the `d_namlen' member is only 8 bits wide.  */
+
+#define NAME_MAX	255
+
+/* POSIX.1 requires that we define NGROUPS_MAX (though none of the others
    is required).  GNU allows any number of supplementary groups,
    dynamically allocated.  So we pick a number which seems vaguely
    suitable, and `sysconf' will return a number at least as large.  */