various spelling fixes

[openssl.git] / doc / crypto / ASN1_OBJECT_new.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/ASN1_OBJECT_new.pod b/doc/crypto/ASN1_OBJECT_new.pod
index 51679bfcd97c44bfb7104c16488b443b701a38fc..cc9cf43cad32f7014fe3426a7d1ebcde1011768a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/ASN1_OBJECT_new.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/ASN1_OBJECT_new.pod
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation functions
+ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free - object allocation functions
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+ #include <openssl/asn1.h>
+
  ASN1_OBJECT *ASN1_OBJECT_new(void);
  void ASN1_OBJECT_free(ASN1_OBJECT *a);
 
@@ -14,9 +16,10 @@ ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation functions
 The ASN1_OBJECT allocation routines, allocate and free an
 ASN1_OBJECT structure, which represents an ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
 
-ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes a ASN1_OBJECT structure.
+ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes an ASN1_OBJECT structure.
 
 ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure B<a>.
+If B<a> is NULL, nothing is done.
 
 =head1 NOTES
 
@@ -27,17 +30,13 @@ such as OBJ_nid2obj() are used instead.
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
 If the allocation fails, ASN1_OBJECT_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error
-code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
+code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
 Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
 
 ASN1_OBJECT_free() returns no value.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)|d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)>
-
-=head1 HISTORY
-
-ASN1_OBJECT_new() and ASN1_OBJECT_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
+L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)>
 
 =cut