Update the d2i docs to reflect reality

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/HMAC.pod b/doc/man3/HMAC.pod
index 5aed367a4756527827b3ad90f92ce2d7217ab1f0..a9bcd0e6df818b16253e95362ae0ebcd6f23a5a7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/HMAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/HMAC.pod
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ If B<md> is NULL, the digest is placed in a static array.  The size of
 the output is placed in B<md_len>, unless it is B<NULL>. Note: passing a NULL
 value for B<md>  to use the static array is not thread safe.
 
-B<evp_md> can be EVP_sha1(), EVP_ripemd160() etc.
+B<evp_md> is a message digest such as EVP_sha1(), EVP_ripemd160() etc. HMAC does
+not support variable output length digests such as EVP_shake128() and
+EVP_shake256().
 
 HMAC_CTX_new() creates a new HMAC_CTX in heap memory.
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ because reuse of an existing key with a different digest is not supported.
 
 HMAC_Init() initializes a B<HMAC_CTX> structure to use the hash
 function B<evp_md> and the key B<key> which is B<key_len> bytes
-long. 
+long.
 
 HMAC_Update() can be called repeatedly with chunks of the message to
 be authenticated (B<len> bytes at B<data>).
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ OpenSSL before version 1.0.0.
 
 Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.