1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3
index 259deaca56..d45be112f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ASN1_item_new.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: ASN1_item_new.3,v 1.4 2018/03/22 21:08:22 schwarze Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: ASN1_item_new.3,v 1.5 2019/06/14 13:59:32 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 14 2019 $
 .Dt ASN1_ITEM_NEW 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ does not return a pointer at all, but a
 value cast to
 .Vt ASN1_VALUE * .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn ASN1_item_new
-returns the new
+function returns the new
 .Vt ASN1_VALUE
-object or
+object if successful; otherwise
 .Dv NULL
-if an error occurs.
+is returned and an error code can be retrieved with
+.Xr ERR_get_error 3 .
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ASN1_item_d2i 3 ,
 .Xr ASN1_TYPE_new 3 ,