Clarify the deprecation warnings in the docs

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/ERR_put_error.pod b/doc/man3/ERR_put_error.pod
index 06e728bb82a01ee69a5e4a7a19456f53c8621adf..56c73c13eff7f6b1ead5045ded846a8082033b53 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/ERR_put_error.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/ERR_put_error.pod
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ ERR_add_error_txt, ERR_add_error_mem_bio
  void ERR_add_error_txt(const char *sep, const char *txt);
  void ERR_add_error_mem_bio(const char *sep, BIO *bio);
 
-Deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0:
+The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
+hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
+see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
 
  void ERR_put_error(int lib, int func, int reason, const char *file, int line);