doc: clarify SSL_CIPHER_description allocation

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
index 44af9d6dfe9e5fb5b403a7139853efe88cd9be9a..ff056c242a42391ef9c38cfd8cb885dada7c2108 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ cipher B<c>.
 
 SSL_CIPHER_description() returns a textual description of the cipher used
 into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided.  If B<buf> is provided, it
-must be at least 128 bytes, otherwise a buffer will be allocated using
+must be at least 128 bytes. If B<buf> is NULL it will be allocated using
 OPENSSL_malloc().  If the provided buffer is too small, or the allocation fails,
 B<NULL> is returned.