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diff --git a/doc/man3/RSA_generate_key.pod b/doc/man3/RSA_generate_key.pod index b463392038..9d8b4228f0 100644 --- a/doc/man3/RSA_generate_key.pod +++ b/doc/man3/RSA_generate_key.pod @@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ be seeded prior to calling RSA_generate_key_ex(). RSA_generate_multi_prime_key() generates a multi-prime RSA key pair and stores it in the B<RSA> structure provided in B<rsa>. The number of primes is given by -the B<primes> parameter. The pseudo-random number generator must be seeded prior -to calling RSA_generate_multi_prime_key(). +the B<primes> parameter. The random number generator must be seeded when +calling RSA_generate_multi_prime_key(). +If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL CSPRNG fails due to +external circumstances (see L<RAND(7)>), the operation will fail. The modulus size will be of length B<bits>, the number of primes to form the modulus will be B<primes>, and the public exponent will be B<e>. Key sizes @@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ B<BN_GENCB_call(cb, 2, x)> is used with two different meanings. =head1 SEE ALSO -L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>, L<BN_generate_prime(3)> +L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>, L<BN_generate_prime(3)>, +L<RAND(7)> =head1 HISTORY |