doc: Document that incomplete certificates return error

[openssl.git] / doc / man3 / X509_check_ca.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod b/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod
index e070fb403a8485669c27dd97e161f729f8661aa8..6cf122ddfcd2698f2683bf10e483dec911f8d60f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificate
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This function checks if given certificate is CA certificate (can be used
-to sign other certificates).
+to sign other certificates). The certificate must be a complete certificate
+otherwise an error is returned.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES