1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod b/src/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
index a673edba85..cc724c0d56 100644
--- a/src/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
+++ b/src/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ should be called again.
 
 If the underlying BIO is B<non-blocking>, SSL_accept() will also return
 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_accept()
-to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
+to continue the handshake, indicating the problem by the return value -1.
+In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
 return value of SSL_accept() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or
 B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>. The calling process then must repeat the call after
 taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_accept().