Document the RETURN VALUES of BIO_method_type(3) and BIO_method_name(3)

for the various BIO types.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_base64.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_base64.3
index 5e0d4b8aea..6054c7c738 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_base64.3
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BIO_f_base64.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: BIO_f_base64.3,v 1.12 2022/12/07 17:17:29 tb Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: BIO_f_base64.3,v 1.13 2023/04/11 16:58:43 schwarze Exp $
 .\"     OpenSSL fc1d88f0 Wed Jul 2 22:42:40 2014 -0400
 .\"
 .\" This file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 7 2022 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 11 2023 $
 .Dt BIO_F_BASE64 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ BIO_set_flags(b64, BIO_FLAGS_BASE64_NO_NL);
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Fn BIO_f_base64
 returns the base64 BIO method.
+.Pp
+When called on a base64 BIO object,
+.Xr BIO_method_type 3
+returns the constant
+.Dv BIO_TYPE_BASE64
+and
+.Xr BIO_method_name 3
+returns a pointer to the static string
+.Qq base64 encoding .
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Base64 encode the string "hello, world\en"
 and write the result to standard output: