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diff --git a/doc/man3/BIO_printf.pod b/doc/man3/BIO_printf.pod
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--- a/doc/man3/BIO_printf.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/BIO_printf.pod
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ buffer is too small.
=head1 NOTES
-Except when I<n> is 0, both BIO_snprintf() and BIO_vsnprintf() terminate
-their output with C<'\0'> even when there is insufficient space to output
-the whole string.
+Except when I<n> is 0, both BIO_snprintf() and BIO_vsnprintf() always
+terminate their output with C<'\0'>. This includes cases where -1 is
+returned, such as when there is insufficient space to output the whole
+string.
=head1 COPYRIGHT