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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index de48635f3f..5e6450905e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2018-02-20 Rical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net>
+
+ * manual/creature.texi (_POSIX_C_SOURCE): Document special values
+ of 199606L, 200112L, and 200809L.
+ (_XOPEN_SOURCE): Document special values of 600 and 700.
+ (_ISOC11_SOURCE): Document macro.
+ (_ATFILE_SOURCE): Likewise.
+ (_FORTIFY_SOURCE): Likewise.
+
2018-02-19 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
[BZ #15105]
diff --git a/manual/creature.texi b/manual/creature.texi
index 2e05958756..483bf85ad7 100644
--- a/manual/creature.texi
+++ b/manual/creature.texi
@@ -61,13 +61,27 @@ If you define this macro to a value greater than or equal to @code{199309L},
then the functionality from the 1993 edition of the POSIX.1b standard
(IEEE Standard 1003.1b-1993) is made available.
+If you define this macro to a value greater than or equal to
+@code{199506L}, then the functionality from the 1995 edition of the
+POSIX.1c standard (IEEE Standard 1003.1c-1995) is made available.
+
+If you define this macro to a value greater than or equal to
+@code{200112L}, then the functionality from the 2001 edition of the
+POSIX standard (IEEE Standard 1003.1-2001) is made available.
+
+If you define this macro to a value greater than or equal to
+@code{200809L}, then the functionality from the 2008 edition of the
+POSIX standard (IEEE Standard 1003.1-2008) is made available.
+
Greater values for @code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} will enable future extensions.
The POSIX standards process will define these values as necessary, and
@theglibc{} should support them some time after they become standardized.
The 1996 edition of POSIX.1 (ISO/IEC 9945-1: 1996) states that
if you define @code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} to a value greater than
or equal to @code{199506L}, then the functionality from the 1996
-edition is made available.
+edition is made available. In general, in @theglibc{}, bugfixes to
+the standards are included when specifying the base version; e.g.,
+POSIX.1-2004 will always be included with a value of @code{200112L}.
@end defvr
@defvr Macro _XOPEN_SOURCE
@@ -87,7 +101,10 @@ available which are necessary for the X/Open Unix brand.
If the macro @code{_XOPEN_SOURCE} has the value @math{500} this includes
all functionality described so far plus some new definitions from the
-Single Unix Specification, @w{version 2}.
+Single Unix Specification, @w{version 2}. The value @math{600}
+(corresponding to the sixth revision) includes definitions from SUSv3,
+and using @math{700} (the seventh revision) includes definitions from
+SUSv4.
@end defvr
@defvr Macro _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
@@ -156,6 +173,11 @@ implementation of the new standard and to enable the new features the
macro @code{_ISOC99_SOURCE} should be defined.
@end defvr
+@defvr Macro _ISOC11_SOURCE
+@standards{C11, (none)}
+If this macro is defined, ISO C11 extensions to ISO C99 are included.
+@end defvr
+
@defvr Macro __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT2__
@standards{ISO, (none)}
If you define this macro to the value @code{1}, features from ISO/IEC
@@ -209,6 +231,19 @@ enables those features even when the other options would otherwise
cause them to be disabled.
@end defvr
+@defvr Macro _ATFILE_SOURCE
+@standards{GNU, (none)}
+If this macro is defined, additional @code{*at} interfaces are
+included.
+@end defvr
+
+@defvr Macro _FORTIFY_SOURCE
+@standards{GNU, (none)}
+If this macro is defined to @math{1}, security hardening is added to
+various library functions. If defined to @math{2}, even stricter
+checks are applied.
+@end defvr
+
@defvr Macro _REENTRANT
@defvrx Macro _THREAD_SAFE
@standards{Obsolete, (none)}