From aadcf069828431819970421749da64b24b559490 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:05:40 +0100
Subject: Update the *use_certificate* docs

Note that calling the *use_certificate* functions will replace any existing
certificate of the same type. The same thing applies for private keys.

Fixes #2147

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6093)

(cherry picked from commit db747425b0caae12e73c680799b57bdfcc72dbb4)
---
 doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/ssl')

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod
index 80321b8580..800423e7de 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ L<SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(3)|SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(3)>.
 of view, it however does not make sense as the data in the certificate
 is considered public anyway.)
 
+All of the functions to set a new certificate will replace any existing
+certificate of the same type that has already been set. Similarly all of the
+functions to set a new private key will replace any private key that has already
+been set. Applications should call L<SSL_CTX_check_private_key(3)> or
+L<SSL_check_private_key(3)> as appropriate after loading a new certificate and
+private key to confirm that the certificate and key match.
+
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
 On success, the functions return 1.
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