diff --git a/usr.bin/stat/stat.c b/usr.bin/stat/stat.c
index 668fe3817e0e..f7ce60faf690 100644
--- a/usr.bin/stat/stat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/stat/stat.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: stat.c,v 1.6 2002/07/09 21:25:00 atatat Exp $ */
-
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #if 0
 #ifndef lint
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: stat.c,v 1.8 2002/08/13 20:15:06 atatat Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: stat.c,v 1.9 2002/10/19 20:33:19 provos Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -688,7 +686,7 @@ format1(const struct stat *st,
 		data = 0;
 		if (S_ISLNK(st->st_mode)) {
 			snprintf(path, sizeof(path), " -> ");
-			l = readlink(file, path + 4, sizeof(path) - 4);
+			l = readlink(file, path + 4, sizeof(path) - 4 - 1);
 			if (l == -1) {
 				linkfail = 1;
 				l = 0;