Deprecate the EC curve type specific functions in 1.2.0

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod b/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod
index b4faf4d021f7885db8f13c7ba8e0e034559f313b..796f6666dd38bc1b9b5655ccf41fe8f0c5e2ed9a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod
@@ -126,11 +126,13 @@ may be NULL, to the corresponding coordinates of B<p>.
 
 The functions EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp() and
 EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m() are synonyms for
-EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates().
+EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates(). They are defined for backwards compatibility
+only and should not be used.
 
 The functions EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp() and
 EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m() are synonyms for
-EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates().
+EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates(). They are defined for backwards compatibility
+only and should not be used.
 
 As well as the affine co-ordinates, a point can alternatively be described in
 terms of its Jacobian projective co-ordinates (for Fp curves only). Jacobian
@@ -153,7 +155,8 @@ possible values for y should be used.
 
 The functions EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp() and
 EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m() are synonyms for
-EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates().
+EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates(). They are defined for backwards
+compatibility only and should not be used.
 
 In addition B<EC_POINT> can be converted to and from various external
 representations. The octet form is the binary encoding of the B<ECPoint>