Commit 98b60fa848 for openssl.org
commit 98b60fa84877e14900d7646cc7f5651bd10f685c
Author: kovan <xaum.io@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Jan 27 06:01:52 2026 +0100
doc: Fix incorrect parameter reference in EVP_MAC
The "key" parameter documentation referenced a non-existent "algorithm"
parameter. Change to reference the actual "cipher" and "digest" parameters.
Fixes #12580
CLA: trivial
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29766)
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
index e766a5d234..9ee4d9555a 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ The standard parameter names are:
Its value is the MAC key as an array of bytes.
For MACs that use an underlying computation algorithm, the algorithm
-must be set first, see parameter names "algorithm" below.
+must be set first, see "cipher" and "digest" parameters below.
=item "iv" (B<OSSL_MAC_PARAM_IV>) <octet string>