Make SSL_read and SSL_write return the old behaviour and document it.

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_write.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_write.pod
index 8ed91929bba214f6b474abd64795fb5267b9e230..2a751107bb95af8ce38d64d2cb2586234554bf7c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_write.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_write.pod
@@ -86,23 +86,20 @@ For SSL_write() the following return values can occur:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item E<gt>0
+=item E<gt> 0
 
 The write operation was successful, the return value is the number of
 bytes actually written to the TLS/SSL connection.
 
-=item Z<>0
+=item Z<><= 0
 
-The write operation was not successful. Probably the underlying connection
-was closed. Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret> to find out,
-whether an error occurred or the connection was shut down cleanly
-(SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN).
+The write operation was not successful, because either the connection was
+closed, an error occurred or action must be taken by the calling process.
+Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret> to find out the reason.
 
-=item E<lt>0
-
-The write operation was not successful, because either an error occurred
-or action must be taken by the calling process. Call SSL_get_error() with the
-return value B<ret> to find out the reason.
+Old documentation indicated a difference between 0 and -1, and that -1 was
+retryable.
+You should instead call SSL_get_error() to find out if it's retryable.
 
 =back