Allow for higher granularity of entropy estimates by using 'double'

[openssl.git] / doc / crypto / BN_CTX_new.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
index 37a188e3c3d643def02fb846c28dd4b6f275f55a..c94d8c610da5804de25a73d5b40327721cde09fb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ B<BN_CTX>.
 
 BN_CTX_free() frees the components of the B<BN_CTX>, and if it was
 created by BN_CTX_new(), also the structure itself.
+If L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)> has been used on the B<BN_CTX>,
+L<BN_CTX_end(3)|BN_CTX_end(3)> must be called before the B<BN_CTX>
+may be freed by BN_CTX_free().
+
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
@@ -38,7 +42,8 @@ BN_CTX_init() and BN_CTX_free() have no return values.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<BN_add(3)|BN_add(3)>
+L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<BN_add(3)|BN_add(3)>,
+L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY