-.\" $OpenBSD: X509V3_EXT_get_nid.3,v 1.4 2024/05/14 06:57:10 tb Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: X509V3_EXT_get_nid.3,v 1.5 2024/10/03 03:31:47 tb Exp $
.\"
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 14 2024 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 3 2024 $
.Dt X509V3_EXT_GET_NID 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Vt X509V3_EXT_METHOD
type,
which is not yet documented in detail,
-contains a numeric identifier to represent the OID and various
+contains a numeric identifier (NID) to represent the OID and various
handlers for encoding, decoding, printing, and configuring the
extension's value.
Criticality is handled separately, for example as an argument to