Tweak wording to be more clear.

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

diff --git a/doc/crypto/des.pod b/doc/crypto/des.pod
index 528c73acac6188c6deb69970b6279460f805cb27..339617aab024311722d5000d40f30e42dd794347 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/des.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/des.pod
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ architecture dependent I<DES_key_schedule> via the
 DES_set_key_checked() or DES_set_key_unchecked() function.
 
 DES_set_key_checked() will check that the key passed is of odd parity
-and is not a week or semi-weak key.  If the parity is wrong, then -1
+and is not a weak or semi-weak key.  If the parity is wrong, then -1
 is returned.  If the key is a weak key, then -2 is returned.  If an
 error is returned, the key schedule is not generated.
 
@@ -135,9 +135,8 @@ depend on a global variable.
 
 DES_set_odd_parity() sets the parity of the passed I<key> to odd.
 
-DES_is_weak_key() returns 1 is the passed key is a weak key, 0 if it
-is ok.  The probability that a randomly generated key is weak is
-1/2^52, so it is not really worth checking for them.
+DES_is_weak_key() returns 1 if the passed key is a weak key, 0 if it
+is ok.  
 
 The following routines mostly operate on an input and output stream of
 I<DES_cblock>s.
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ of 24 bytes.  This is much better than CBC DES.
 
 DES_ede3_cbc_encrypt() implements outer triple CBC DES encryption with
 three keys. This means that each DES operation inside the CBC mode is
-really an C<C=E(ks3,D(ks2,E(ks1,M)))>.  This mode is used by SSL.
+an C<C=E(ks3,D(ks2,E(ks1,M)))>.  This mode is used by SSL.
 
 The DES_ede2_cbc_encrypt() macro implements two-key Triple-DES by
 reusing I<ks1> for the final encryption.  C<C=E(ks1,D(ks2,E(ks1,M)))>.
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ DES_cbc_encrypt is used.
 =head1 NOTES
 
 Single-key DES is insecure due to its short key size.  ECB mode is
-not suitable for most applications; see L<DES_modes(7)|DES_modes(7)>.
+not suitable for most applications; see L<des_modes(7)|des_modes(7)>.
 
 The L<evp(3)|evp(3)> library provides higher-level encryption functions.