Rename OSSL_SERIALIZER / OSSL_DESERIALIZER to OSSL_ENCODE / OSSL_DECODE

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/DSA_set_method.pod b/doc/man3/DSA_set_method.pod
index 807515ebb8e82831974a5e7f08637af31e76765a..e66832fee7942475fe002074ae88350a658f8fb3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/DSA_set_method.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/DSA_set_method.pod
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ Initially, the default DSA_METHOD is the OpenSSL internal implementation,
 as returned by DSA_OpenSSL().
 
 DSA_set_default_method() makes B<meth> the default method for all DSA
-structures created later. B<NB>: This is true only whilst no ENGINE has
+structures created later.
+B<NB>: This is true only whilst no ENGINE has
 been set as a default for DSA, so this function is no longer recommended.
+This function is not thread-safe and should not be called at the same time
+as other OpenSSL functions.
 
 DSA_get_default_method() returns a pointer to the current default
 DSA_METHOD. However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on
@@ -43,10 +46,10 @@ DSA_set_method() selects B<meth> to perform all operations using the key
 B<rsa>. This will replace the DSA_METHOD used by the DSA key and if the
 previous method was supplied by an ENGINE, the handle to that ENGINE will
 be released during the change. It is possible to have DSA keys that only
-work with certain DSA_METHOD implementations (eg. from an ENGINE module
+work with certain DSA_METHOD implementations (e.g. from an ENGINE module
 that supports embedded hardware-protected keys), and in such cases
 attempting to change the DSA_METHOD for the key can have unexpected
-results. See L<DSA_meth_new> for information on constructing custom DSA_METHOD
+results. See L<DSA_meth_new(3)> for information on constructing custom DSA_METHOD
 objects;
 
 DSA_new_method() allocates and initializes a DSA structure so that B<engine>
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ B<DSA_METHOD>s.
 
 DSA_set_default_method() returns no value.
 
-DSA_set_method() returns non-zero if the provided B<meth> was successfully set as
+DSA_set_method() returns nonzero if the provided B<meth> was successfully set as
 the method for B<dsa> (including unloading the ENGINE handle if the previous
 method was supplied by an ENGINE).
 
@@ -75,9 +78,9 @@ L<DSA_new(3)>, L<DSA_new(3)>, L<DSA_meth_new(3)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000-2020 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>.