directly by the application or automatically (see
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>)
-The default value for session timeout is 300 seconds.
+The default value for session timeout is decided on a per protocol
+basis, see L<SSL_get_default_timeout(3)|SSL_get_default_timeout(3)>.
+All currently supported protocols have the same default timeout value
+of 300 seconds.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>,
L<SSL_SESSION_get_time(3)|SSL_SESSION_get_time(3)>,
-L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)|SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>
+L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)|SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>,
+L<SSL_get_default_timeout(3)|SSL_get_default_timeout(3)>
=cut