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diff --git a/contrib/openpam/lib/pam_get_data.c b/contrib/openpam/lib/pam_get_data.c
index f258de8386cc..b1f8ab370c13 100644
--- a/contrib/openpam/lib/pam_get_data.c
+++ b/contrib/openpam/lib/pam_get_data.c
@@ -65,3 +65,21 @@ pam_get_data(pam_handle_t *pamh,
return (PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA);
}
+
+/*
+ * Error codes:
+ *
+ * PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
+ * PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The =pam_get_data function looks up the opaque object associated with
+ * the string specified by the =module_data_name argument, in the PAM
+ * context specified by the =pamh argument.
+ * A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the
+ * =data argument.
+ *
+ * This function and its counterpart =pam_set_data are useful for managing
+ * data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
+ */