From 14835c5d7662ccc9c9e871ab5d9f2e5032880adc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 10:21:13 +0200
Subject: doc: Add remark that leading zeroes are stripped from printed MPIs.

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GnuPG-bug-id: 6435
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 doc/gcrypt.texi | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/gcrypt.texi b/doc/gcrypt.texi
index dd55600d..f6d755ed 100644
--- a/doc/gcrypt.texi
+++ b/doc/gcrypt.texi
@@ -5181,7 +5181,8 @@ Simple unsigned integer.
 
 @noindent
 Note that all of the above formats store the integer in big-endian
-format (MSB first).
+format (MSB first).  Leading zeroes are stripped unless they are
+required to keep a value positive.
 @end deftypefun
 
 
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