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diff --git a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/DSA_sign.pod b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/DSA_sign.pod
index 889c7a1e07..0d76b8c3f9 100644
--- a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/DSA_sign.pod
+++ b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/DSA_sign.pod
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ B<dsa> is the signer's public key.
The B<type> parameter is ignored.
-The PRNG must be seeded before DSA_sign() (or DSA_sign_setup())
+The random generator must be seeded when DSA_sign() (or DSA_sign_setup())
is called.
+If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL CSPRNG fails due to
+external circumstances (see L<RAND(7)>), the operation will fail.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
@@ -54,11 +56,12 @@ Standard, DSS), ANSI X9.30
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<DSA_new(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
-L<DSA_do_sign(3)>
+L<DSA_do_sign(3)>,
+L<RAND(7)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy