various spelling fixes

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

diff --git a/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod b/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod
index b3f9a435aaf8f493a49fc277a6bdb1095c632bb2..81ca61c9db816625a7c5baf398141c39a4520d33 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ error message
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 ERR_error_string() generates a human-readable string representing the
-error code I<e>, and places it at I<buf>. I<buf> must be at least 120
+error code I<e>, and places it at I<buf>. I<buf> must be at least 256
 bytes long. If I<buf> is B<NULL>, the error string is placed in a
 static buffer.
+Note that this function is not thread-safe and does no checks on the size
+of the buffer; use ERR_error_string_n() instead.
+
 ERR_error_string_n() is a variant of ERR_error_string() that writes
 at most I<len> characters (including the terminating 0)
 and truncates the string if necessary.
@@ -39,10 +42,6 @@ ERR_lib_error_string(), ERR_func_error_string() and
 ERR_reason_error_string() return the library name, function
 name and reason string respectively.
 
-The OpenSSL error strings should be loaded by calling
-L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)> or, for SSL
-applications, L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)>
-first.
 If there is no text string registered for the given error code,
 the error string will contain the numeric code.
 
@@ -61,13 +60,6 @@ none is registered for the error code.
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<err(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>,
-L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)>,
-L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)>
 L<ERR_print_errors(3)>
 
-=head1 HISTORY
-
-ERR_error_string() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
-ERR_error_string_n() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6.
-
 =cut