diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 191147d..e75cd82 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ sysvinit (2.89dsf) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     reduce the amount of failure that can happin in that function.
   * Adapt bootlogd TIOCCONS call to kfreebsd.  Patch from Mats Erik
     Andersson and Debian.
+  * Document length limit for the process field in the inittab.  Patch
+    from Johannes Truschnigg and Debian.
 
  -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>  Sun Apr 11 11:28:55 CEST 2010
 
diff --git a/man/inittab.5 b/man/inittab.5
index e1d739d..80aa084 100644
--- a/man/inittab.5
+++ b/man/inittab.5
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ a `+' character,
 .B init 
 will not do utmp and wtmp accounting for that process.  This is needed for 
 gettys that insist on doing their own utmp/wtmp housekeeping.  This is also 
-a historic bug.
+a historic bug. The length of this field is limited to 127 characters.
 .\"}}}
 .PP
 The \fIrunlevels\fP field may contain multiple characters for different
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index a12b495..fc1a131 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ void read_inittab(void)
 	if (rlevel && strlen(rlevel) > 11)
 		strcpy(err, "rlevel field too long (max 11 characters)");
 	if (process && strlen(process) > 127)
-		strcpy(err, "process field too long");
+		strcpy(err, "process field too long (max 127 characters)");
 	if (action && strlen(action) > 32)
 		strcpy(err, "action field too long");
 	if (err[0] != 0) {