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[linux-pam] / doc / man / pam_prompt.3.xml

diff --git a/doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml b/doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml
index d08241317bce9832f99a008ac7c3ea2b4d9453fd..b526457e41930175a81801118bdecab0d99b18f4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@
     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
     <para>
       The <function>pam_prompt</function> function constructs a message
-      from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to
+      from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the
+      conversation function as set by the service. Upon successful return,
+      <emphasis>response</emphasis> is set to point to a string
+      returned from the conversation function. This string is allocated
+      on heap and should be freed.
     </para>
   </refsect1>