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-rw-r--r--doc/man/pam_getenv.3.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/pam_getenv.3.xml b/doc/man/pam_getenv.3.xml
index e78aa3c2..871e511d 100644
--- a/doc/man/pam_getenv.3.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam_getenv.3.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
<para>
The <function>pam_getenv</function> function searches the
PAM environment list as associated with the handle
- <emphasis>pamh</emphasis> for a string that matches the string
- pointed to by <emphasis>name</emphasis>. The return values are
- of the form: "<emphasis>name=value</emphasis>".
+ <emphasis>pamh</emphasis> for an item that matches the string
+ pointed to by <emphasis>name</emphasis> and returns the value
+ of the environment variable.
</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml b/doc/man/pam_prompt.3.xml
index d0824131..b526457e 100644
--- 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>