Add #defines for magic numbers in API.

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

diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod
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--- a/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@ BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand, BN_rand_range, BN_pseudo_rand_range - generate pseudo-r
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 BN_rand() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of
-B<bits> in length and stores it in B<rnd>. If B<top> is -1, the
-most significant bit of the random number can be zero. If B<top> is 0,
-it is set to 1, and if B<top> is 1, the two most significant bits of
+B<bits> in length and stores it in B<rnd>.
+The value of B<bits> must be zero or greater.
+The B<top> parameters specifies
+requirements on the most significant bit of the generated number.
+If it is B<BN_RAND_TOP_ANY>, there is no constraint.
+If it is B<BN_RAND_TOP_ONE>, the top bit must be one.
+If it is B<BN_RAND_TOP_TWO>, the two most significant bits of
 the number will be set to 1, so that the product of two such random
-numbers will always have 2*B<bits> length.  If B<bottom> is true, the
-number will be odd. The value of B<bits> must be zero or greater. If B<bits> is
-1 then B<top> cannot also be 1.
+numbers will always have 2*B<bits> length.
+If B<bottom> is B<BN_RAND_BOTTOM_ODD>, the number will be odd; if it
+is B<BN_RAND_BOTTOM_ANY> it can be odd or even.
+If B<bits> is 1 then B<top> cannot also be B<BN_RAND_FLG_TOPTWO>.
 
 BN_pseudo_rand() does the same, but pseudo-random numbers generated by
 this function are not necessarily unpredictable. They can be used for