Fix out-of-memory condition in conf

[openssl.git] / doc / man5 / config.pod

diff --git a/doc/man5/config.pod b/doc/man5/config.pod
index 24ebafb5332eebb0d1112a5800f2d2b59228c650..ba9a8ab1740f14df0c2abbb3b9727b83124bde2d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man5/config.pod
+++ b/doc/man5/config.pod
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ or B<${section::name}>. By using the form B<$ENV::name> environment
 variables can be substituted. It is also possible to assign values to
 environment variables by using the name B<ENV::name>, this will work
 if the program looks up environment variables using the B<CONF> library
-instead of calling getenv() directly.
+instead of calling getenv() directly. The value string must not exceed 64k in
+length after variable expansion. Otherwise an error will occur.
 
 It is possible to escape certain characters by using any kind of quote
 or the B<\> character. By making the last character of a line a B<\>