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diff --git a/doc/man7/provider-base.pod b/doc/man7/provider-base.pod
index 881854a3af..b3298d5c10 100644
--- a/doc/man7/provider-base.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/provider-base.pod
@@ -284,8 +284,9 @@ function L<OBJ_add_sigid(3)>, except that the objects are identified by name
rather than a numeric NID. Any name (OID, short name or long name) can be used
to identify the object. It will treat as success the case where the composite
signature algorithm already exists (even if registered against a different
-underlying signature or digest algorithm). It returns 1 on success or 0 on
-failure.
+underlying signature or digest algorithm). For I<digest_name>, NULL or an
+empty string is permissible for signature algorithms that do not need a digest
+to operate correctly. The function returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
CRYPTO_malloc(), CRYPTO_zalloc(), CRYPTO_memdup(), CRYPTO_strdup(),
CRYPTO_strndup(), CRYPTO_free(), CRYPTO_clear_free(),