Clarify docs.

[oweals/openssl.git] / doc / crypto / EVP_SignInit.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod
index 32e9d5480947db6439b336c19da5df2b669a2628..b6e62ce7f6108a683af29c60a7db2dc082e73f9e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ EVP_SignUpdate() hashes B<cnt> bytes of data at B<d> into the
 signature context B<ctx>. This function can be called several times on the
 same B<ctx> to include additional data.
 
-EVP_SignFinal() signs the data in B<ctx> using the private key B<pkey>
-and places the signature in B<sig>. If the B<s> parameter is not NULL
-then the number of bytes of data written (i.e. the length of the signature)
-will be written to the integer at B<s>, at most EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes
-will be written. 
+EVP_SignFinal() signs the data in B<ctx> using the private key B<pkey> and
+places the signature in B<sig>. The number of bytes of data written (i.e. the
+length of the signature) will be written to the integer at B<s>, at most
+EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes will be written. 
 
 EVP_SignInit() initializes a signing context B<ctx> to use the default
 implementation of digest B<type>.
@@ -84,13 +83,13 @@ L<EVP_VerifyInit(3)|EVP_VerifyInit(3)>,
 L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>,
 L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<hmac(3)|hmac(3)>, L<md2(3)|md2(3)>,
 L<md5(3)|md5(3)>, L<mdc2(3)|mdc2(3)>, L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>,
-L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<digest(1)|digest(1)>
+L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<dgst(1)|dgst(1)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
 EVP_SignInit(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() are
 available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
 
-EVP_SignInit_ex() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7
+EVP_SignInit_ex() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.
 
 =cut