Correct documentation about default_pbe

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/pubkey/pk_codecs/pkcs8.h b/src/pubkey/pk_codecs/pkcs8.h
index 28008bdba..adfad0e63 100644
--- a/src/pubkey/pk_codecs/pkcs8.h
+++ b/src/pubkey/pk_codecs/pkcs8.h
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ BOTAN_DLL void encode(const Private_Key& key, Pipe& pipe,
 * @param pipe the pipe to feed the encoded key into
 * @param pass the password to use for encryption
 * @param rng the rng to use
-* @param pbe_algo the name of the desired password-based encryption algorithm.
-* Provide an empty string to use the default PBE defined in the configuration
-* under base/default_pbe.
+* @param pbe_algo the name of the desired password-based encryption algorithm;
+         if empty ("") a reasonable (portable/secure) default will be chosen.
 * @param enc the encoding type to use
 */
 BOTAN_DLL void encrypt_key(const Private_Key& key,
@@ -108,9 +107,8 @@ BOTAN_DLL std::string PEM_encode(const Private_Key& key);
 * @param key the key to encode
 * @param rng the rng to use
 * @param pass the password to use for encryption
-* @param pbe_algo the name of the desired password-based encryption algorithm.
-* Provide an empty string to use the default PBE defined in the configuration
-* under base/default_pbe.
+* @param pbe_algo the name of the desired password-based encryption algorithm;
+         if empty ("") a reasonable (portable/secure) default will be chosen.
 */
 BOTAN_DLL std::string PEM_encode(const Private_Key& key,
                                  RandomNumberGenerator& rng,