diff -urN busybox.old/loginutils/passwd.c busybox.dev/loginutils/passwd.c
--- busybox.old/loginutils/passwd.c	2005-12-11 22:52:46.185150000 +0100
+++ busybox.dev/loginutils/passwd.c	2005-12-11 23:19:15.276596500 +0100
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 	} else {
 		orig[0] = '\0';
 	}
-	if (! (cp=bb_askpass(0, "Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters)\n"
+	if (! (cp=bb_askpass(0, "Enter the new password (minimum of 5 characters)\n"
 					  "Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.\n"
 					  "Enter new password: ")))
 	{
