diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 29c24f4fd3..7aeae15ba0 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-C Example\sicon\sfile\s(32x32x4)\sfor\snew\slogo.
-D 2010-09-07T14:12:14
+-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
+Hash: SHA1
+
+C Revised\sdocumentation\sfor\ssqlite3_limit().\s\sAdded\ssome\sevidence\smarks\sand\nassert()\sstatements\sto\sverify\ssqlite3_limit()\sbehavior.
+D 2010-09-07T14:59:16
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 F Makefile.linux-gcc 91d710bdc4998cb015f39edf3cb314ec4f4d7e23
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ F src/journal.c 552839e54d1bf76fb8f7abe51868b66acacf6a0e
 F src/legacy.c a199d7683d60cef73089e892409113e69c23a99f
 F src/lempar.c 7f026423f4d71d989e719a743f98a1cbd4e6d99e
 F src/loadext.c 6d422ea91cf3d2d00408c5a8f2391cd458da85f8
-F src/main.c 57869e792971cc202f77b69bde87454a821f8119
+F src/main.c ca8eadcf620f0b48fdf33d0bb63115214e798bc0
 F src/malloc.c e0e9ca16a90215e2f0b53e7f5cc17abe01fbe34a
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@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ F src/resolve.c 1c0f32b64f8e3f555fe1f732f9d6f501a7f05706
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 F src/shell.c 8517fc1f9c59ae4007e6cc8b9af91ab231ea2056
-F src/sqlite.h.in d867122e53a24b9a11864a7aaf2509cad62c55b2
+F src/sqlite.h.in 0c8362d432a4317a334bb6aab5ee92253f706fb5
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 F src/sqliteLimit.h a17dcd3fb775d63b64a43a55c54cb282f9726f44
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diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 26c5dd065e..ce495703b0 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bd700794678613c1fb78ef9fcf2bcd6d48f70dc0
\ No newline at end of file
+883b9b7441593200def05d8a482bc92d3dc0e96b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7b4fa253c2..92069a427d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1673,17 +1673,39 @@ static const int aHardLimit[] = {
 */
 int sqlite3_limit(sqlite3 *db, int limitId, int newLimit){
   int oldLimit;
+
+
+  /* EVIDENCE-OF: R-30189-54097 For each limit category SQLITE_LIMIT_NAME
+  ** there is a hard upper bound set at compile-time by a C preprocessor
+  ** macro called SQLITE_MAX_NAME. (The "_LIMIT_" in the name is changed to
+  ** "_MAX_".)
+  */
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_LENGTH]==SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_SQL_LENGTH]==SQLITE_MAX_SQL_LENGTH );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_COLUMN]==SQLITE_MAX_COLUMN );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_EXPR_DEPTH]==SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_COMPOUND_SELECT]==SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT);
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_VDBE_OP]==SQLITE_MAX_VDBE_OP );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_FUNCTION_ARG]==SQLITE_MAX_FUNCTION_ARG );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_ATTACHED]==SQLITE_MAX_ATTACHED );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_LIKE_PATTERN_LENGTH]==
+                                               SQLITE_MAX_LIKE_PATTERN_LENGTH );
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_VARIABLE_NUMBER]==SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER);
+  assert( aHardLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_TRIGGER_DEPTH]==SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH );
+  assert( SQLITE_LIMIT_TRIGGER_DEPTH==(SQLITE_N_LIMIT-1) );
+
+
   if( limitId<0 || limitId>=SQLITE_N_LIMIT ){
     return -1;
   }
   oldLimit = db->aLimit[limitId];
-  if( newLimit>=0 ){
+  if( newLimit>=0 ){                   /* IMP: R-52476-28732 */
     if( newLimit>aHardLimit[limitId] ){
-      newLimit = aHardLimit[limitId];
+      newLimit = aHardLimit[limitId];  /* IMP: R-51463-25634 */
     }
     db->aLimit[limitId] = newLimit;
   }
-  return oldLimit;
+  return oldLimit;                     /* IMP: R-53341-35419 */
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index 6edb8348cc..3cbf47c6ab 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -2395,17 +2395,22 @@ typedef struct sqlite3_stmt sqlite3_stmt;
 ** [database connection] whose limit is to be set or queried.  The
 ** second parameter is one of the [limit categories] that define a
 ** class of constructs to be size limited.  The third parameter is the
-** new limit for that construct.  The function returns the old limit.)^
+** new limit for that construct.)^
 **
 ** ^If the new limit is a negative number, the limit is unchanged.
-** ^(For the limit category of SQLITE_LIMIT_XYZ there is a 
+** ^(For each limit category SQLITE_LIMIT_<i>NAME</i> there is a 
 ** [limits | hard upper bound]
-** set by a compile-time C preprocessor macro named 
-** [limits | SQLITE_MAX_XYZ].
+** set at compile-time by a C preprocessor macro called
+** [limits | SQLITE_MAX_<i>NAME</i>].
 ** (The "_LIMIT_" in the name is changed to "_MAX_".))^
 ** ^Attempts to increase a limit above its hard upper bound are
 ** silently truncated to the hard upper bound.
 **
+** ^Regardless of whether or not the limit was changed, the 
+** [sqlite3_limit()] interface returns the prior value of the limit.
+** ^Hence, to find the current value of a limit without changing it,
+** simply invoke this interface with the third parameter set to -1.
+**
 ** Run-time limits are intended for use in applications that manage
 ** both their own internal database and also databases that are controlled
 ** by untrusted external sources.  An example application might be a
@@ -2434,7 +2439,7 @@ int sqlite3_limit(sqlite3*, int id, int newVal);
 **
 ** <dl>
 ** ^(<dt>SQLITE_LIMIT_LENGTH</dt>
-** <dd>The maximum size of any string or BLOB or table row.<dd>)^
+** <dd>The maximum size of any string or BLOB or table row, in bytes.<dd>)^
 **
 ** ^(<dt>SQLITE_LIMIT_SQL_LENGTH</dt>
 ** <dd>The maximum length of an SQL statement, in bytes.</dd>)^
@@ -2465,8 +2470,7 @@ int sqlite3_limit(sqlite3*, int id, int newVal);
 ** [GLOB] operators.</dd>)^
 **
 ** ^(<dt>SQLITE_LIMIT_VARIABLE_NUMBER</dt>
-** <dd>The maximum number of variables in an SQL statement that can
-** be bound.</dd>)^
+** <dd>The maximum index number of any [parameter] in an SQL statement.)^
 **
 ** ^(<dt>SQLITE_LIMIT_TRIGGER_DEPTH</dt>
 ** <dd>The maximum depth of recursion for triggers.</dd>)^