Clarification for SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN

[openssl.git] / doc / ssl / SSL_get_error.pod

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_error.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_error.pod
index cde0efc3ce7783fe8a1af7ae1c31524333b02dd2..7851830fc581847c2a101a766a265a0c25e09bd1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_error.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_error.pod
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ if and only if B<ret E<gt> 0>.
 The SSL connection has been closed.  If the protocol version is SSL 3.0
 or TLS 1.0, this result code is returned only if a closure
 alert has occurred in the protocol, i.e. if the connection has been
-closed cleanly.
+closed cleanly. Note that in this case B<SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN>
+does not necessarily indicate that the underlying transport
+has been closed.
 
 =item SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ, SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE