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diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_NAME_print_ex.pod b/doc/man3/X509_NAME_print_ex.pod
index e59512dc58..fdeb4bba79 100644
--- a/doc/man3/X509_NAME_print_ex.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/X509_NAME_print_ex.pod
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ characters. Multiple lines are used if the output (including indent) exceeds
 
 =head1 NOTES
 
-The functions X509_NAME_oneline() and X509_NAME_print() are legacy functions which
+The functions X509_NAME_oneline() and X509_NAME_print()
 produce a non standard output form, they don't handle multi character fields and
-have various quirks and inconsistencies. Their use is strongly discouraged in new
-applications.
+have various quirks and inconsistencies.
+Their use is strongly discouraged in new applications and they could
+be deprecated in a future release.
 
 Although there are a large number of possible flags for most purposes
 B<XN_FLAG_ONELINE>, B<XN_FLAG_MULTILINE> or B<XN_FLAG_RFC2253> will suffice.
@@ -96,15 +97,25 @@ B<XN_FLAG_MULTILINE> is a multiline format which is the same as:
 
 B<XN_FLAG_COMPAT> uses a format identical to X509_NAME_print(): in fact it calls X509_NAME_print() internally.
 
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+X509_NAME_oneline() returns a valid string on success or NULL on error.
+
+X509_NAME_print() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
+
+X509_NAME_print_ex() and X509_NAME_print_ex_fp() return 1 on success or 0 on error
+if the B<XN_FLAG_COMPAT> is set, which is the same as X509_NAME_print(). Otherwise,
+it returns -1 on error or other values on success.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<ASN1_STRING_print_ex(3)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2002-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2002-2018 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>.