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-rw-r--r--doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_get_error.pod6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_get_error.pod b/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_get_error.pod
index 90ebcac45f..76fcf27b8d 100644
--- a/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_get_error.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_get_error.pod
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ X509_STORE_CTX_set_error_depth() sets the error I<depth>.
This can be used in combination with X509_STORE_CTX_set_error() to set the
depth at which an error condition was detected.
-X509_STORE_CTX_get_current_cert() returns the certificate in I<ctx> which
-caused the error or NULL if no certificate is relevant.
+X509_STORE_CTX_get_current_cert() returns the current certificate in
+I<ctx>. If an error occurred, the current certificate will be the one
+that is most closely related to the error, or possibly NULL if no such
+certificate is relevant.
X509_STORE_CTX_set_current_cert() sets the certificate I<x> in I<ctx> which
caused the error.