Document SSL_CIPHER_description() will now use asprintf if passed a NULL

buffer.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
index c56e8f49d96..fbade905f35 100644
--- a/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
+++ b/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ SSL_CIPHER_get_version() returns the protocol version for B<cipher>, currently
 "SSLv2", "SSLv3", or "TLSv1". If B<cipher> is NULL, "(NONE)" is returned.
 
 SSL_CIPHER_description() returns a textual description of the cipher used
-into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided. B<len> must be at least
-128 bytes, otherwise a pointer to the string "Buffer too small" is
-returned. If B<buf> is NULL, a buffer of 128 bytes is allocated using
-OPENSSL_malloc(). If the allocation fails, a pointer to the string
-"OPENSSL_malloc Error" is returned.
+into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided.
+If B<buf> is NULL, a buffer is allocated using asprintf(); that
+buffer should be freed up using the B<free> function.
+If B<len> is too small, or if B<buf> is NULL and the allocation fails, a
+pointer to the string "Buffer too small" is returned.
 
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