more precision, fewer words

diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/EVP_PKEY_cmp.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/EVP_PKEY_cmp.3
index 5226ec5..e377ccd 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/libcrypto/man/EVP_PKEY_cmp.3
+++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/EVP_PKEY_cmp.3
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: EVP_PKEY_cmp.3,v 1.10 2019/06/06 01:06:58 schwarze Exp $
-.\"    OpenSSL 05ea606a May 20 20:52:46 2016 -0400
+.\" $OpenBSD: EVP_PKEY_cmp.3,v 1.11 2021/10/19 16:27:47 schwarze Exp $
+.\" full merge up to: OpenSSL 05ea606a May 20 20:52:46 2016 -0400
+.\" selective merge up to: OpenSSL 99d63d46 Oct 26 13:56:48 2016 -0400
 .\"
-.\" This file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>.
+.\" This file is a derived work.
+.\" The changes are covered by the following Copyright and license:
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2021 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" The original file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2006, 2013, 2014, 2016 The OpenSSL Project.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -49,7 +67,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 6 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 19 2021 $
 .Dt EVP_PKEY_CMP 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -66,8 +84,8 @@
 .Fc
 .Ft int
 .Fo EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
-.Fa "EVP_PKEY *to"
-.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *from"
+.Fa "EVP_PKEY *destination"
+.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *source"
 .Fc
 .Ft int
 .Fo EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
@@ -80,35 +98,31 @@
 .Fa "const EVP_PKEY *b"
 .Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
-returns 1 if the public key parameters of
-.Fa pkey
-are missing and 0 if they are present or the algorithm doesn't use
-parameters.
+checks whether any public key parameters are missing from
+.Fa pkey .
 .Pp
-The function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
-copies the parameters from key
-.Fa from
-to key
-.Fa to .
-An error is returned if the parameters are missing in
-.Fa from .
+copies all public key parameters from the
+.Fa source
+to the
+.Fa destination .
+If the algorithm does not use parameters, no action occurs.
 .Pp
-The function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
-compares the parameters of keys
+compares the public key parameters of
 .Fa a
 and
 .Fa b .
+This is only supported for algorithms that use parameters.
 .Pp
-The function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp
-compares the public key components and parameters (if present) of keys
+compares the public key components of
 .Fa a
 and
 .Fa b .
+If the algorithm uses public key parameters,
+it also compares the parameters.
 .Pp
 The main purpose of the functions
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
@@ -123,18 +137,19 @@ function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp
 can also be used to determine if a private key matches a public key.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-The function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
 returns 1 if the public key parameters of
 .Fa pkey
-are missing and 0 if they are present or the algorithm doesn't use
-parameters.
+are missing or incomplete or 0 if they are present and complete
+or if the algorithm doesn't use parameters.
 .Pp
-The function
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
-returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
+returns 1 for success or 0 for failure.
+In particular, it fails if the key types mismatch or if the public
+key parameters in the
+.Fa source
+are missing or incomplete.
 .Pp
-The functions
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
 and
 .Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp