Clarify documentation of SSL_CTX_set_verify client side behavior

Fixes #9259

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9291)

diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_verify.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_verify.pod
index 7c151a5f69a52d1aeacfa3c04c395dd561ab8517..b72227c92442040553953e4dac6a995bee10d324 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_verify.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_verify.pod
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ B<Server mode:> if the client did not return a certificate, the TLS/SSL
 handshake is immediately terminated with a "handshake failure" alert.
 This flag must be used together with SSL_VERIFY_PEER.
 
-B<Client mode:> ignored
+B<Client mode:> ignored (see BUGS)
 
 =item SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT_ONCE
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ renegotiation or post-authentication if a certificate was requested
 during the initial handshake. This flag must be used together with
 SSL_VERIFY_PEER.
 
-B<Client mode:> ignored
+B<Client mode:> ignored (see BUGS)
 
 =item SSL_VERIFY_POST_HANDSHAKE
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ to be configured for post-handshake peer verification before the
 handshake occurs. This flag must be used together with
 SSL_VERIFY_PEER. TLSv1.3 only; no effect on pre-TLSv1.3 connections.
 
-B<Client mode:> ignored
+B<Client mode:> ignored (see BUGS)
 
 =back
 
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ message is sent to the client.
 =head1 BUGS
 
 In client mode, it is not checked whether the SSL_VERIFY_PEER flag
-is set, but whether any flags are set. This can lead to
-unexpected behaviour if SSL_VERIFY_PEER and other flags are not used as
+is set, but whether any flags other than SSL_VERIFY_NONE are set. This can
+lead to unexpected behaviour if SSL_VERIFY_PEER and other flags are not used as
 required.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES