DH_check: Emphasize the importance of return value check

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/DH_generate_parameters.pod b/doc/man3/DH_generate_parameters.pod
index bbcfe24ae6b4d200d7c7a89178cadf769cb40b49..e677885597ae6a5a90522c1b5e6dd64769a26b30 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/DH_generate_parameters.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/DH_generate_parameters.pod
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ The parameter B<j> is invalid.
 
 =back
 
+If 0 is returned or B<*codes> is set to a nonzero value the supplied
+parameters should not be used for Diffie-Hellman operations otherwise
+the security properties of the key exchange are not guaranteed.
+
 DH_check_ex(), DH_check_params() and DH_check_pub_key_ex() are similar to
 DH_check() and DH_check_params() respectively, but the error reasons are added
 to the thread's error queue instead of provided as return values from the