Replace some boldened types with a corresponding man page link

The types OSSL_DISPATCH, OSSL_ITEM, OSSL_ALGORITHM, OSSL_PARAM,
OSSL_CALLBACK, and OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK are described in their own
manual page, so we change every mention of them to links to those pages.

Reviewed-by: Hugo Landau <hlandau@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/19842)

(cherry picked from commit 318a9dfa5f7bd1237d2697ad950697d241b8b49f)

42 files changed, 192 insertions, 216 deletions

diff --git a/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod b/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod
index 591c345193..8bd5594c48 100644
--- a/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod
+++ b/doc/internal/man3/ossl_provider_new.pod
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ I<*result> to 1 or 0 accorddingly.
 
 ossl_provider_init_as_child() stores in the library context I<ctx> references to
 the necessary upcalls for managing child providers. The I<handle> and I<in>
-parameters are the B<OSSL_CORE_HANDLE> and B<OSSL_DISPATCH> pointers that were
+parameters are the B<OSSL_CORE_HANDLE> and L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> pointers that were
 passed to the provider's B<OSSL_provider_init> function.
 
 ossl_provider_deinit_child() deregisters callbacks from the parent library
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free.pod
index 72910a5599..c158ec1ae7 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free.pod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ meant for display and human consumption.  The description is at the
 discretion of the I<cipher> implementation.
 
 EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params()
-return a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the names and types of key
+return a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the names and types of key
 parameters that can be retrieved or set by a key encryption algorithm using
 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_params(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_names_do_all() returns 1 if the callback was called for all
 names. A return value of 0 means that the callback was not called for any names.
 
 EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params()
-return a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array or NULL on error.
+return a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array or NULL on error.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_DigestInit.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_DigestInit.pod
index 5b9d75b704..c8099f7aa3 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_DigestInit.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_DigestInit.pod
@@ -207,27 +207,24 @@ See L</PARAMETERS> below for more information.
 
 =item EVP_MD_gettable_params()
 
-Get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the retrievable parameters
-that can be used with EVP_MD_get_params().  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the
-use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the retrievable parameters
+that can be used with EVP_MD_get_params().
 
 =item EVP_MD_gettable_ctx_params(), EVP_MD_CTX_gettable_params()
 
-Get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the retrievable parameters
+Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the retrievable parameters
 that can be used with EVP_MD_CTX_get_params().  EVP_MD_gettable_ctx_params()
 returns the parameters that can be retrieved from the algorithm, whereas
 EVP_MD_CTX_gettable_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
-in the context's current state.  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of
-B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+in the context's current state.
 
 =item EVP_MD_settable_ctx_params(), EVP_MD_CTX_settable_params()
 
-Get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the settable parameters
+Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the settable parameters
 that can be used with EVP_MD_CTX_set_params().  EVP_MD_settable_ctx_params()
 returns the parameters that can be set from the algorithm, whereas
 EVP_MD_CTX_settable_params() returns the parameters that can be set in the
-context's current state.  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM>
-as a parameter descriptor.
+context's current state.
 
 =item EVP_MD_CTX_set_flags(), EVP_MD_CTX_clear_flags(), EVP_MD_CTX_test_flags()
 
@@ -589,7 +586,7 @@ Returns 1 if successful or 0 for failure.
 =item EVP_MD_CTX_settable_params(),
 EVP_MD_CTX_gettable_params()
 
-Return an array of constant B<OSSL_PARAM>s, or NULL if there is none
+Return an array of constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>s, or NULL if there is none
 to get.
 
 =item EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex()
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
index f774d7c283..7556176bad 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
@@ -316,27 +316,24 @@ See L</PARAMETERS> below for more information.
 
 =item EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params()
 
-Get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the retrievable parameters
-that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_get_params().  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the
-use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the retrievable parameters
+that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_get_params().
 
 =item EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params()
 
-Get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the retrievable parameters
+Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the retrievable parameters
 that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params().
 EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
 from the algorithm, whereas EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params() returns the
 parameters that can be retrieved in the context's current state.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
 =item EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params()
 
-Get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the settable parameters
+Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the settable parameters
 that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params().
 EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() returns the parameters that can be set from the
 algorithm, whereas EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params() returns the parameters that
 can be set in the context's current state.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
 =item EVP_EncryptInit_ex2()
 
@@ -640,7 +637,7 @@ See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for information about passing parameters.
 When EVP_CIPHER_fetch() is called it internally calls EVP_CIPHER_get_params()
 and caches the results.
 
-EVP_CIPHER_get_params() can be used with the following B<OSSL_PARAM> keys:
+EVP_CIPHER_get_params() can be used with the following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys:
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -711,7 +708,7 @@ all other OpenSSL ciphers return 0.
 
 =head2 Gettable and Settable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters
 
-The following B<OSSL_PARAM> keys can be used with both EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params()
+The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys can be used with both EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params()
 and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params().
 
 =over 4
@@ -802,7 +799,7 @@ cipher operation (either 4 or 8 records).
 
 =head2 Gettable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters
 
-The following B<OSSL_PARAM> keys can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params():
+The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params():
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -871,7 +868,7 @@ Used to pass the TLS MAC data.
 
 =head2 Settable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters
 
-The following B<OSSL_PARAM> keys can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params():
+The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params():
 
 =over 4
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_KDF.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_KDF.pod
index a8cc83324e..3b4e2b79aa 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_KDF.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_KDF.pod
@@ -131,26 +131,23 @@ simply ignored.
 Also, what happens when a needed parameter isn't passed down is
 defined by the implementation.
 
-EVP_KDF_gettable_params() returns an B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes
+EVP_KDF_gettable_params() returns an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes
 the retrievable and settable parameters.  EVP_KDF_gettable_params()
 returns parameters that can be used with EVP_KDF_get_params().
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
 EVP_KDF_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_KDF_CTX_gettable_params()
-return constant B<OSSL_PARAM> arrays that describe the retrievable
+return constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> arrays that describe the retrievable
 parameters that can be used with EVP_KDF_CTX_get_params().
 EVP_KDF_gettable_ctx_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
 from the algorithm, whereas EVP_KDF_CTX_gettable_params() returns
 the parameters that can be retrieved in the context's current state.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
 EVP_KDF_settable_ctx_params() and EVP_KDF_CTX_settable_params() return
-constant B<OSSL_PARAM> arrays that describe the settable parameters that
+constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> arrays that describe the settable parameters that
 can be used with EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params().  EVP_KDF_settable_ctx_params()
 returns the parameters that can be retrieved from the algorithm,
 whereas EVP_KDF_CTX_settable_params() returns the parameters that can
-be retrieved in the context's current state.  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>
-for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+be retrieved in the context's current state.
 
 =head2 Information functions
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_KEM_free.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_KEM_free.pod
index e77b89d3b9..575abc5f57 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_KEM_free.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_KEM_free.pod
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ display and human consumption.  The description is at the discretion of
 the I<kem> implementation.
 
 EVP_KEM_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_KEM_settable_ctx_params() return
-a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the names and types of key
+a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the names and types of key
 parameters that can be retrieved or set by a key encapsulation algorithm using
 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_params(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ EVP_KEM_names_do_all() returns 1 if the callback was called for all names. A
 return value of 0 means that the callback was not called for any names.
 
 EVP_KEM_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_KEM_settable_ctx_params() return
-a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array or NULL on error.
+a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array or NULL on error.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_KEYEXCH_free.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_KEYEXCH_free.pod
index 42c7e1289c..272855ccb3 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_KEYEXCH_free.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_KEYEXCH_free.pod
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ of the implementations, calls I<fn> with the implementation method and
 I<data> as arguments.
 
 EVP_KEYEXCH_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_KEYEXCH_settable_ctx_params() return
-a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the names and types of key
+a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the names and types of key
 parameters that can be retrieved or set by a key exchange algorithm using
 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_params(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ EVP_KEYEXCH_is_a() returns 1 of I<exchange> was identifiable,
 otherwise 0.
 
 EVP_KEYEXCH_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_KEYEXCH_settable_ctx_params() return
-a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array or NULL on error.
+a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array or NULL on error.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_KEYMGMT.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_KEYMGMT.pod
index 6b6e117369..f81fc9efb0 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_KEYMGMT.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_KEYMGMT.pod
@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@ of the implementations, calls I<fn> with the implementation method and
 I<data> as arguments.
 
 EVP_KEYMGMT_gettable_params() and EVP_KEYMGMT_settable_params() return a
-constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the names and types of key
+constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the names and types of key
 parameters that can be retrieved or set.
 EVP_KEYMGMT_gettable_params() is used by L<EVP_PKEY_gettable_params(3)>.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
-EVP_KEYMGMT_gen_settable_params() returns a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that
+EVP_KEYMGMT_gen_settable_params() returns a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that
 describes the names and types of key generation parameters that can be set via
 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ EVP_KEYMGMT_get0_description() returns a pointer to a decription, or NULL if
 there isn't one.
 
 EVP_KEYMGMT_gettable_params(), EVP_KEYMGMT_settable_params() and
-EVP_KEYMGMT_gen_settable_params() return a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array or
+EVP_KEYMGMT_gen_settable_params() return a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array or
 NULL on error.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
index 289cbda757..13482ac5e1 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
@@ -187,26 +187,23 @@ simply ignored.
 Also, what happens when a needed parameter isn't passed down is
 defined by the implementation.
 
-EVP_MAC_gettable_params() returns an B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes
+EVP_MAC_gettable_params() returns an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes
 the retrievable and settable parameters.  EVP_MAC_gettable_params()
 returns parameters that can be used with EVP_MAC_get_params().
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
 EVP_MAC_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_MAC_CTX_gettable_params()
-return constant B<OSSL_PARAM> arrays that describe the retrievable
+return constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> arrays that describe the retrievable
 parameters that can be used with EVP_MAC_CTX_get_params().
 EVP_MAC_gettable_ctx_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
 from the algorithm, whereas EVP_MAC_CTX_gettable_params() returns
 the parameters that can be retrieved in the context's current state.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
 
 EVP_MAC_settable_ctx_params() and EVP_MAC_CTX_settable_params() return
-constant B<OSSL_PARAM> arrays that describe the settable parameters that
+constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> arrays that describe the settable parameters that
 can be used with EVP_MAC_CTX_set_params().  EVP_MAC_settable_ctx_params()
 returns the parameters that can be retrieved from the algorithm,
 whereas EVP_MAC_CTX_settable_params() returns the parameters that can
-be retrieved in the context's current state.  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>
-for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+be retrieved in the context's current state.
 
 =head2 Information functions
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params.pod
index b8855c2670..c02151654c 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params.pod
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ These methods replace the EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl() mechanism. (EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl now
 calls these methods internally to interact with providers).
 
 EVP_PKEY_CTX_gettable_params() and EVP_PKEY_CTX_settable_params() get a
-constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the gettable and
+constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the gettable and
 settable parameters for the current algorithm implementation, i.e. parameters
 that can be used with EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_params() and EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params()
 respectively.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as parameter descriptor.
 These functions must only be called after the EVP_PKEY_CTX has been initialised
 for use in an operation.
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_fromdata.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_fromdata.pod
index 096ecc601f..3e9e06d1a2 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_fromdata.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_fromdata.pod
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ and L<B<EVP_PKEY-ED25519>(7)|EVP_PKEY-ED25519(7)/Common X25519, X448, ED25519 an
 =for comment the awful list of links above is made this way so we get nice
 rendering as a man-page while still getting proper links in HTML
 
-EVP_PKEY_fromdata_settable() gets a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes
+EVP_PKEY_fromdata_settable() gets a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes
 the settable parameters that can be used with EVP_PKEY_fromdata().
 I<selection> is described in L</Selections>.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as parameter descriptor.
 
 Parameters in the I<params> array that are not among the settable parameters
 for the given I<selection> are ignored.
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_gettable_params.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_gettable_params.pod
index 1afda9c19b..b51e4c4de1 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_gettable_params.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_gettable_params.pod
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ EVP_PKEY_get_octet_string_param
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for information about parameters.
+
 EVP_PKEY_get_params() retrieves parameters from the key I<pkey>, according to
 the contents of I<params>.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for information about parameters.
 
 EVP_PKEY_gettable_params() returns a constant list of I<params> indicating
 the names and types of key parameters that can be retrieved.
-See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for information about parameters.
 
-An B<OSSL_PARAM> of type B<OSSL_PARAM_INTEGER> or
+An L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> of type B<OSSL_PARAM_INTEGER> or
 B<OSSL_PARAM_UNSIGNED_INTEGER> is of arbitrary length. Such a parameter can be
 obtained using any of the functions EVP_PKEY_get_int_param(),
 EVP_PKEY_get_size_t_param() or EVP_PKEY_get_bn_param(). Attempting to
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_todata.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_todata.pod
index 98ae484755..dedfb1b0cf 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_todata.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_todata.pod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ EVP_PKEY_todata, EVP_PKEY_export
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 The functions described here are used to extract B<EVP_PKEY> key values as an
-array of B<OSSL_PARAM>.
+array of L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>.
 
 EVP_PKEY_todata() extracts values from a key I<pkey> using the I<selection>.
 I<selection> is described in L<EVP_PKEY_fromdata(3)/Selections>.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ I<*params>.
 EVP_PKEY_export() is similiar to EVP_PKEY_todata() but uses a callback
 I<export_cb> that gets passed the value of I<export_cbarg>.
 See L<openssl-core.h(7)> for more information about the callback. Note that the
-B<OSSL_PARAM> array that is passed to the callback is not persistent after the
+L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that is passed to the callback is not persistent after the
 callback returns. The user must preserve the items of interest, or use
 EVP_PKEY_todata() if persistence is required.
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod
index f21b2f69d7..a4d72b7043 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod
@@ -186,26 +186,23 @@ simply ignored.
 Also, what happens when a needed parameter isn't passed down is
 defined by the implementation.
 
-EVP_RAND_gettable_params() returns an B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes
+EVP_RAND_gettable_params() returns an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes
 the retrievable and settable parameters.  EVP_RAND_gettable_params() returns
-parameters that can be used with EVP_RAND_get_params().  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>
-for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+parameters that can be used with EVP_RAND_get_params().
 
 EVP_RAND_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_RAND_CTX_gettable_params() return
-constant B<OSSL_PARAM> arrays that describe the retrievable parameters that
+constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> arrays that describe the retrievable parameters that
 can be used with EVP_RAND_CTX_get_params().  EVP_RAND_gettable_ctx_params()
 returns the parameters that can be retrieved from the algorithm, whereas
 EVP_RAND_CTX_gettable_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
-in the context's current state.  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of
-B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+in the context's current state.
 
 EVP_RAND_settable_ctx_params() and EVP_RAND_CTX_settable_params() return
-constant B<OSSL_PARAM> arrays that describe the settable parameters that
+constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> arrays that describe the settable parameters that
 can be used with EVP_RAND_CTX_set_params().  EVP_RAND_settable_ctx_params()
 returns the parameters that can be retrieved from the algorithm, whereas
 EVP_RAND_CTX_settable_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
-in the context's current state.  See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of
-B<OSSL_PARAM> as a parameter descriptor.
+in the context's current state.
 
 =head2 Information functions
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_SIGNATURE.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_SIGNATURE.pod
index 9fb389e7ae..6005220853 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_SIGNATURE.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_SIGNATURE.pod
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ meant for display and human consumption.  The description is at the
 discretion of the I<signature> implementation.
 
 EVP_SIGNATURE_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_SIGNATURE_settable_ctx_params()
-return a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array that describes the names and types of key
+return a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the names and types of key
 parameters that can be retrieved or set by a signature algorithm using
 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_params(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ EVP_SIGNATURE_names_do_all() returns 1 if the callback was called for all names.
 A return value of 0 means that the callback was not called for any names.
 
 EVP_SIGNATURE_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_SIGNATURE_settable_ctx_params()
-return a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array or NULL on error.
+return a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array or NULL on error.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_CALLBACK.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_CALLBACK.pod
index 2aef06cfd1..5fa8a8f089 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_CALLBACK.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_CALLBACK.pod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ simply be passed back to the callback function when it's called.
 =item B<OSSL_CALLBACK>
 
 This is a generic callback function.  When calling this callback function,
-the caller is expected to build an B<OSSL_PARAM> array of data it wants or
+the caller is expected to build an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array of data it wants or
 is expected to pass back, and pass that as I<params>, as well as the opaque
 data pointer it received, as I<arg>.
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ store the pass phrase needs to be given with I<pass>, and its size with
 I<pass_size>.  The length of the prompted pass phrase will be given back in
 I<*pass_len>.
 
-Additional parameters can be passed with the B<OSSL_PARAM> array I<params>,
+Additional parameters can be passed with the L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array I<params>,
 
 =back
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod
index 5a01a19ebe..213791404c 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ callback may be specified with the following functions.
 OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_pem_password_cb(), OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_passphrase_ui()
 and OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_passphrase_cb() set up a callback method that the
 implementation can use to prompt for a pass phrase, giving the caller the
-choice of prefered pass phrase callback form.  These are called indirectly,
-through an internal B<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK> function.
+choice of preferred pass phrase callback form.  These are called indirectly,
+through an internal L<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK(3)> function.
 
-The internal B<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK> function caches the pass phrase, to
+The internal L<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK(3)> function caches the pass phrase, to
 be re-used in all decodings that are performed in the same decoding run (for
 example, within one L<OSSL_DECODER_from_bio(3)> call).
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod
index 9db6e3d2a4..8ba3bdd467 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey.pod
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ following functions.
 OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_pem_password_cb(), OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_passphrase_ui()
 and OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_passphrase_cb() sets up a callback method that the
 implementation can use to prompt for a pass phrase, giving the caller the
-choice of prefered pass phrase callback form.  These are called indirectly,
-through an internal B<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK> function.
+choice of preferred pass phrase callback form.  These are called indirectly,
+through an internal L<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK(3)> function.
 
 =head2 Output types
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_allocate_from_text.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_allocate_from_text.pod
index 80ba555a8f..e6dc2549fd 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_allocate_from_text.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_allocate_from_text.pod
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ I<paramdefs> and there was no other failure, otherwise 0.
 
 The parameter descriptor array comes from functions dedicated to
 return them.
-The following B<OSSL_PARAM> attributes are used:
+The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> attributes are used:
 
 =over 4
 
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_dup.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_dup.pod
index 5130c9e1dc..4ae33faf1e 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_dup.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_PARAM_dup.pod
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ OSSL_PARAM_dup, OSSL_PARAM_merge, OSSL_PAR