Techniques for supporting positioning with differential corrections are described. In an aspect, differential correction for a satellite may include (i) a user differential range error (UDRE) indicating an uncertainty in a pseudo-range correction for the satellite, (ii) a UDRE growth rate, which may be a scaling factor for the UDRE, and (iii) a time of validity for UDRE growth rate, which may be a time unit used to apply the scaling factor. In one design, a terminal may send a request message to ask for differential correction information and may receive a response message. The terminal may obtain differential correction (e.g., a UDRE, a UDRE growth rate, and a time of validity for UDRE growth rate) for each of at least one satellite from the response message. The terminal may derive a location estimate for itself based on the differential correction for each satellite.