diff --git a/curses.h b/curses.h
index 633dc57b..3d5640a4 100644
--- a/curses.h
+++ b/curses.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the file maintain.er for details of the current maintainer.	*
  ************************************************************************/
 
-/* $Id: curses.h,v 1.234 2006/10/09 00:18:01 wmcbrine Exp $ */
+/* $Id: curses.h,v 1.235 2006/10/11 08:07:58 wmcbrine Exp $ */
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
  *				PDCurses				*
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PDCurses portable platform definitions list:
 
 **man-end****************************************************************/
 
-#define PDC_BUILD 2816
+#define PDC_BUILD 2817
 #define	PDCURSES	1	/* PDCurses-only routines	*/
 #define	XOPEN		1	/* X/Open Curses routines	*/
 #define	SYSVcurses	1	/* System V Curses routines	*/
@@ -641,9 +641,7 @@ long form:
 
 The available attribute modifiers are bold, underline, invisible, 
 protect, reverse and blink. 256 (8 bits) color pairs, 8 bits for 
-modifiers, and 16 bits for character data. (In practice, only 64 color 
-pairs are available, and only the lower 8 bits of character data are 
-currently used.)
+modifiers, and 16 bits for character data.
 
 **man-end****************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/curspriv.h b/curspriv.h
index 613a8f1a..beec4911 100644
--- a/curspriv.h
+++ b/curspriv.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the file maintain.er for details of the current maintainer.	*
  ************************************************************************/
 
-/* $Id: curspriv.h,v 1.125 2006/10/11 06:21:20 wmcbrine Exp $ */
+/* $Id: curspriv.h,v 1.126 2006/10/11 08:07:58 wmcbrine Exp $ */
 
 /*                         CURSPRIV.H
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void PDC_debug(const char *, ...);
 
 /* Internal macros for attributes */
 #ifdef CHTYPE_LONG
-# define PDC_COLOR_PAIRS	64
+# define PDC_COLOR_PAIRS	256
 # define PDC_OFFSET		32
 #else
 # define PDC_COLOR_PAIRS	32