From: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:07:19 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: PEM_read_CMS.pod: Correct the deprecation notice
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PEM_read_CMS.pod: Correct the deprecation notice

Fixes #27863

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Belyavskiy <beldmit@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/27865)

(cherry picked from commit 9a6376dd75961c44232dae42943ceac10795a060)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/PEM_read_CMS.pod b/doc/man3/PEM_read_CMS.pod
index dbccf26cd89..1e6d80e5b13 100644
--- a/doc/man3/PEM_read_CMS.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/PEM_read_CMS.pod
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
-Applications should use OSSL_ENCODER_to_bio() and OSSL_DECODER_from_bio()
-instead.
+To replace the deprecated functions listed above, applications should use the
+B<EVP_PKEY> type and OSSL_DECODER_from_bio() and OSSL_ENCODER_to_bio() to
+read and write PEM data containing key parameters or private and public keys.
 
 In the description below, B<I<TYPE>> is used
 as a placeholder for any of the OpenSSL datatypes, such as B<X509>.