Update EVP_MAC.pod

Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9667)

diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
index 4358ca319a9524eb6e3e7667cc51fb316957f569..afb54e3ef7ceadbab599480bfc0cf60b28abd888 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
@@ -205,28 +205,24 @@ Some MACs do not support this option.
 
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_ENGINE ("engine") <utf8string>
 
-=item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_MD ("md") <utf8string>
+=item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_PROPERTIES ("properties") <utf8string>
 
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_DIGEST ("digest") <utf8string>
 
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_CIPHER ("cipher") <utf8string>
 
-=item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_ALGORITHM ("algorithm") <utf8string>
+For MAC implementations that use an underlying computation cipher or
+digest, these parameters set what the algorithm should be, and the
+engine that implements the algorithm or the properties to fetch it
+by if needed.
 
-For MAC implementations that use an underlying computation algorithm,
-these parameters set what the algorithm should be, and the engine that
-implements the algorithm if needed.
-
-The value is always the name of the intended engine or algorithm.
+The value is always the name of the intended engine, algorithm,
+or the properties.
 
 Note that not all algorithms may support all digests.
 HMAC does not support variable output length digests such as SHAKE128
 or SHAKE256.
 
-Also note that OSSL_MAC_PARAM_ALGORITHM can be use generically instead
-of OSSL_MAC_PARAM_MD, OSSL_MAC_PARAM_DIGEST or OSSL_MAC_PARAM_CIPHER,
-and that OSSL_MAC_PARAM_MD and OSSL_MAC_PARAM_DIGEST are also interchangable.
-
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_SIZE <unsigned int>
 
 For MAC implementations that support it, set the output size that