Switch future deprecation version from 1.2.0 to 3.0

[oweals/openssl.git] / doc / man3 / OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
index 6eca1134b16149792aec50730c928001daa61759..55a55c706a51eb22ce2c047fde5e96ba5615698b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, OpenSSL_version,
+OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT, OpenSSL_version,
 OpenSSL_version_num - get OpenSSL version number
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
  #include <openssl/opensslv.h>
  #define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0xnnnnnnnnnL
+ #define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT "OpenSSL x.y.z xx XXX xxxx"
 
  #include <openssl/crypto.h>
 
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ Version 0.9.5a had an interim interpretation that is like the current one,
 except the patch level got the highest bit set, to keep continuity.  The
 number was therefore 0x0090581f.
 
+OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT is the text variant of the version number and the
+release date.  For example,
+"OpenSSL 1.0.1a 15 Oct 2015".
+
 OpenSSL_version_num() returns the version number.
 
 OpenSSL_version() returns different strings depending on B<t>: