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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/SSL_get_error.pod')
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diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_get_error.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_get_error.pod index a8dd7c10ff..5a7a4b7058 100644 --- a/doc/man3/SSL_get_error.pod +++ b/doc/man3/SSL_get_error.pod @@ -138,17 +138,20 @@ Details depend on the application. =item SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL -Some non-recoverable I/O error occurred. -The OpenSSL error queue may contain more information on the error. -For socket I/O on Unix systems, consult B<errno> for details. +Some non-recoverable, fatal I/O error occurred. The OpenSSL error queue may +contain more information on the error. For socket I/O on Unix systems, consult +B<errno> for details. If this error occurs then no further I/O operations should +be performed on the connection and SSL_shutdown() must not be called. This value can also be returned for other errors, check the error queue for details. =item SSL_ERROR_SSL -A failure in the SSL library occurred, usually a protocol error. The -OpenSSL error queue contains more information on the error. +A non-recoverable, fatal error in the SSL library occurred, usually a protocol +error. The OpenSSL error queue contains more information on the error. If this +error occurs then no further I/O operations should be performed on the +connection and SSL_shutdown() must not be called. =back |