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@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ zero). This helps the caller to distinguish between an error when creating
the B<OSSL_ENCODER_CTX> and missing encoder implementation, and allows it to
act accordingly.
+Note that OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey() finalises the OSSL_ENCODER_CTX;
+after that the OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_* and OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_* functions
+described in L<OSSL_ENCODER_CTX(3)> shouldn't be called.
+
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_cipher() tells the implementation what cipher
should be used to encrypt encoded keys. The cipher is given by
name I<cipher_name>. The interpretation of that I<cipher_name> is