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diff --git a/doc/man3/BN_zero.pod b/doc/man3/BN_zero.pod
index 91d48aad88..167a7e4cec 100644
--- a/doc/man3/BN_zero.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/BN_zero.pod
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ operations
  int BN_set_word(BIGNUM *a, unsigned long w);
  unsigned long BN_get_word(BIGNUM *a);
 
-Deprecated:
-
- #if OPENSSL_API_COMPAT < 0x00908000L
- int BN_zero(BIGNUM *a);
- #endif
-
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 BN_zero(), BN_one() and BN_set_word() set B<a> to the values 0, 1 and
@@ -39,15 +33,12 @@ long.
 BN_get_word() returns the value B<a>, and 0xffffffffL if B<a> cannot
 be represented as an unsigned long.
 
-BN_one(), BN_set_word() and the deprecated version of BN_zero()
-return 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
+BN_one() and BN_set_word() return 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
 BN_value_one() returns the constant.
-The preferred version of BN_zero() never fails and returns no value.
+BN_zero() never fails and returns no value.
 
 =head1 BUGS
 
-Someone might change the constant.
-
 If a B<BIGNUM> is equal to 0xffffffffL it can be represented as an
 unsigned long but this value is also returned on error.
 
@@ -55,6 +46,11 @@ unsigned long but this value is also returned on error.
 
 L<BN_bn2bin(3)>
 
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+In OpenSSL 0.9.8, BN_zero() was changed to not return a value; previous
+versions returned an int.
+
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
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