diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/strftime.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/strftime.xml
index d811e4f5de..76738c1230 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/strftime.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/strftime.xml
@@ -308,9 +308,6 @@
         </tgroup>
        </table>
       </para>
-      <para>
-       Maximum length of this parameter is 1023 characters.
-      </para>
       <warning>
        <simpara>
         Contrary to ISO-9899:1999, Sun Solaris starts with Sunday as 1.  As a
@@ -356,6 +353,9 @@
    local time if no timestamp is given.  Month and weekday names and
    other language-dependent strings respect the current locale set
    with <function>setlocale</function>.
+   The function returns &false; if <parameter>format</parameter> is empty, contains unsupported
+   conversion specifiers, or if the length of the returned string would be greater than
+   <literal>4095</literal>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>