From: kovan <xaum.io@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:01:52 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: Fix incorrect parameter reference in EVP_MAC
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doc: Fix incorrect parameter reference in EVP_MAC

The "key" parameter documentation referenced a non-existent "algorithm"
parameter. Change to reference the actual "cipher" and "digest" parameters.

Fixes #12580

CLA: trivial

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29766)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
index e766a5d234f..9ee4d9555a2 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ The standard parameter names are:
 Its value is the MAC key as an array of bytes.
 
 For MACs that use an underlying computation algorithm, the algorithm
-must be set first, see parameter names "algorithm" below.
+must be set first, see "cipher" and "digest" parameters below.
 
 =item "iv" (B<OSSL_MAC_PARAM_IV>) <octet string>