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diff --git a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod
index 56dfe32864..e8e946e18a 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ i2d_X509_fp - X509 encode and decode functions
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+ #include <openssl/x509.h>
+
  X509 *d2i_X509(X509 **px, unsigned char **in, int len);
  int i2d_X509(X509 *x, unsigned char **out);
 
@@ -21,13 +23,13 @@ i2d_X509_fp - X509 encode and decode functions
 The X509 encode and decode routines encode and parse an
 B<X509> structure, which represents an X509 certificate.
 
-d2i_X509() attempts to decode B<len> bytes at B<*out>. If 
+d2i_X509() attempts to decode B<len> bytes at B<*in>. If 
 successful a pointer to the B<X509> structure is returned. If an error
 occurred then B<NULL> is returned. If B<px> is not B<NULL> then the
 returned structure is written to B<*px>. If B<*px> is not B<NULL>
 then it is assumed that B<*px> contains a valid B<X509>
 structure and an attempt is made to reuse it. If the call is
-successful B<*out> is incremented to the byte following the
+successful B<*in> is incremented to the byte following the
 parsed data.
 
 i2d_X509() encodes the structure pointed to by B<x> into DER format.
@@ -48,10 +50,12 @@ d2i_X509_fp() is similar to d2i_X509() except it attempts
 to parse data from FILE pointer B<fp>.
 
 i2d_X509_bio() is similar to i2d_X509() except it writes
-the encoding of the structure B<x> to BIO B<bp>.
+the encoding of the structure B<x> to BIO B<bp> and it
+returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
 
 i2d_X509_fp() is similar to i2d_X509() except it writes
-the encoding of the structure B<x> to BIO B<bp>.
+the encoding of the structure B<x> to BIO B<bp> and it
+returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
 
 =head1 NOTES
 
@@ -212,6 +216,9 @@ i2d_X509(), i2d_X509_bio() and i2d_X509_fp() return a the number of bytes
 successfully encoded or a negative value if an error occurs. The error code
 can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. 
 
+i2d_X509_bio() and i2d_X509_fp() returns 1 for success and 0 if an error 
+occurs The error code can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. 
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>