=item B<-ssl3>
-These options disable the use of certain SSL or TLS protocols. By default
+This option disables the use of SSL version 3. By default
the initial handshake uses a method which should be compatible with all
servers and permit them to use SSL v3 or TLS as appropriate.
+
The timing program is not as rich in options to turn protocols on and off as
the L<s_client(1)> program and may not connect to all servers.
-
Unfortunately there are a lot of ancient and broken servers in use which
cannot handle this technique and will fail to connect. Some servers only
work if TLS is turned off with the B<-ssl3> option.
+Note that this option may not be available, depending on how
+OpenSSL was built.
+
=item B<-bugs>
There are several known bug in SSL and TLS implementations. Adding this