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diff --git a/doc/crypto/OBJ_nid2obj.pod b/doc/crypto/OBJ_nid2obj.pod
index 24313986a3..b8d289673d 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/OBJ_nid2obj.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/OBJ_nid2obj.pod
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Create an object for B<commonName>:
Check if an object is B<commonName>
if (OBJ_obj2nid(obj) == NID_commonName)
- /* Do something */
+ /* Do something */
Create a new NID and initialize an object from it:
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ than enough to handle any OID encountered in practice.
OBJ_nid2obj() returns an B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure or B<NULL> is an
error occurred.
+It returns a pointer to an internal table and does not
+allocate memory; ASN1_OBJECT_free() will have no effect.
OBJ_nid2ln() and OBJ_nid2sn() returns a valid string or B<NULL>
on error.