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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
index 9090dc8ad3..303e93fe06 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ EVP_get_cipherbynid,
EVP_get_cipherbyobj,
EVP_CIPHER_is_a,
EVP_CIPHER_name,
+EVP_CIPHER_description,
EVP_CIPHER_number,
EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all,
EVP_CIPHER_provider,
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided
void (*fn)(const char *name, void *data),
void *data);
const char *EVP_CIPHER_name(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
+ const char *EVP_CIPHER_description(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
const OSSL_PROVIDER *EVP_CIPHER_provider(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
int EVP_CIPHER_block_size(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
int EVP_CIPHER_key_length(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
@@ -408,6 +410,10 @@ EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all() traverses all names for the I<cipher>, and
calls I<fn> with each name and I<data>. This is only useful with
fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>s.
+EVP_CIPHER_description() returns a description of the cipher, meant for
+display and human consumption. The description is at the discretion of the
+cipher implementation.
+
EVP_CIPHER_provider() returns an B<OSSL_PROVIDER> pointer to the provider
that implements the given B<EVP_CIPHER>.