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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod
index b5d33a41e3..4f91f8f9a2 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
=head1 NAME
EVP_PKEY_check, EVP_PKEY_param_check, EVP_PKEY_param_check_quick,
-EVP_PKEY_public_check, EVP_PKEY_private_check, EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check
+EVP_PKEY_public_check, EVP_PKEY_public_check_quick, EVP_PKEY_private_check,
+EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check
- key and parameter validation functions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ EVP_PKEY_public_check, EVP_PKEY_private_check, EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check
int EVP_PKEY_param_check(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_param_check_quick(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_public_check(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
+ int EVP_PKEY_public_check_quick(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_private_check(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@ provided then this function call does the same thing as EVP_PKEY_param_check().
EVP_PKEY_public_check() validates the public component of the key given by B<ctx>.
+EVP_PKEY_public_check_quick() validates the public component of the key
+given by B<ctx> like EVP_PKEY_public_check() does. However some algorithm
+implementations may offer a quicker form of validation that omits some checks in
+order to perform a lightweight sanity check of the key. If a quicker form is not
+provided then this function call does the same thing as EVP_PKEY_public_check().
+
EVP_PKEY_private_check() validates the private component of the key given by B<ctx>.
EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check() validates that the public and private components have
@@ -60,8 +68,8 @@ L<EVP_PKEY_fromdata(3)>,
EVP_PKEY_check(), EVP_PKEY_public_check() and EVP_PKEY_param_check() were added
in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
-EVP_PKEY_param_check_quick(), EVP_PKEY_private_check() and
-EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check() were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
+EVP_PKEY_param_check_quick(), EVP_PKEY_public_check_quick(),
+EVP_PKEY_private_check() and EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check() were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
=head1 COPYRIGHT