X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman3%2FECDSA_SIG_new.pod;h=02b4a54f96b51b78f105161b81eaa3e757525db5;hp=72962f0fbf035ac0ea9916c680396ee0505c3133;hb=bbda79976b5c5095c5e6557311c86c623ba335f1;hpb=83cf7abf8e9abbd4d0b68c63dc1cb43374aafe63

diff --git a/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod b/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod
index 72962f0fbf..02b4a54f96 100644
--- a/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
 ECDSA_SIG_get0, ECDSA_SIG_get0_r, ECDSA_SIG_get0_s, ECDSA_SIG_set0,
-ECDSA_SIG_new, ECDSA_SIG_free, i2d_ECDSA_SIG, d2i_ECDSA_SIG, ECDSA_size,
-ECDSA_sign, ECDSA_do_sign, ECDSA_verify, ECDSA_do_verify, ECDSA_sign_setup,
-ECDSA_sign_ex, ECDSA_do_sign_ex - low level elliptic curve digital signature
-algorithm (ECDSA) functions
+ECDSA_SIG_new, ECDSA_SIG_free, ECDSA_size, ECDSA_sign, ECDSA_do_sign,
+ECDSA_verify, ECDSA_do_verify, ECDSA_sign_setup, ECDSA_sign_ex,
+ECDSA_do_sign_ex - low level elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA)
+functions
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ algorithm (ECDSA) functions
  const BIGNUM *ECDSA_SIG_get0_r(const ECDSA_SIG *sig);
  const BIGNUM *ECDSA_SIG_get0_s(const ECDSA_SIG *sig);
  int ECDSA_SIG_set0(ECDSA_SIG *sig, BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *s);
- int i2d_ECDSA_SIG(const ECDSA_SIG *sig, unsigned char **pp);
- ECDSA_SIG *d2i_ECDSA_SIG(ECDSA_SIG **sig, const unsigned char **pp, long len);
  int ECDSA_size(const EC_KEY *eckey);
 
  int ECDSA_sign(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int dgstlen,
@@ -68,15 +66,8 @@ function transfers the memory management of the values to the ECDSA_SIG object,
 and therefore the values that have been passed in should not be freed directly
 after this function has been called.
 
-i2d_ECDSA_SIG() creates the DER encoding of the ECDSA signature B<sig> and
-writes the encoded signature to B<*pp> (note: if B<pp> is NULL i2d_ECDSA_SIG()
-returns the expected length in bytes of the DER encoded signature).
-i2d_ECDSA_SIG() returns the length of the DER encoded signature (or 0 on
-error).
-
-d2i_ECDSA_SIG() decodes a DER encoded ECDSA signature and returns the decoded
-signature in a newly allocated B<ECDSA_SIG> structure. B<*sig> points to the
-buffer containing the DER encoded signature of size B<len>.
+See L<i2d_ECDSA_SIG(3)> and L<d2i_ECDSA_SIG(3)> for information about encoding
+and decoding ECDSA signatures to/from DER.
 
 ECDSA_size() returns the maximum length of a DER encoded ECDSA signature
 created with the private EC key B<eckey>.
@@ -121,6 +112,8 @@ returned as a newly allocated B<ECDSA_SIG> structure (or NULL on error).
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
+ECDSA_SIG_new() returns NULL if the allocation fails.
+
 ECDSA_SIG_set0() returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
 
 ECDSA_SIG_get0_r() and ECDSA_SIG_get0_s() return the corresponding value,
@@ -198,15 +191,17 @@ ANSI X9.62, US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 186-2
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<DSA_new(3)>,
+L<EC_KEY_new(3)>,
 L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)>,
-L<EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)>
+L<EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)>,
+L<i2d_ECDSA_SIG(3)>,
+L<d2i_ECDSA_SIG(3)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright 2004-2018 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>.