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diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.3 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.3
index 605f7f2be5e2..021effacabc4 100644
--- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.3
+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.43)
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.42)
.\"
.\" Standard preamble:
.\" ========================================================================
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@
. \}
.\}
.rr rF
-.\"
-.\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2).
.\" Fear. Run. Save yourself. No user-serviceable parts.
. \" fudge factors for nroff and troff
.if n \{\
@@ -132,8 +130,8 @@
.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
-.IX Title "RAND_SET_RAND_METHOD 3"
-.TH RAND_SET_RAND_METHOD 3 "2022-05-03" "1.1.1o" "OpenSSL"
+.IX Title "RAND_SET_RAND_METHOD 3ossl"
+.TH RAND_SET_RAND_METHOD 3ossl "2023-09-19" "3.0.11" "OpenSSL"
.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
.if n .ad l
@@ -144,7 +142,13 @@ RAND_set_rand_method, RAND_get_rand_method, RAND_OpenSSL \- select RAND method
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/rand.h>
-\&
+.Ve
+.PP
+The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
+hidden entirely by defining \fB\s-1OPENSSL_API_COMPAT\s0\fR with a suitable version value,
+see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
+.PP
+.Vb 1
\& RAND_METHOD *RAND_OpenSSL(void);
\&
\& int RAND_set_rand_method(const RAND_METHOD *meth);
@@ -153,6 +157,10 @@ RAND_set_rand_method, RAND_get_rand_method, RAND_OpenSSL \- select RAND method
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
+Applications should instead use \fBRAND_set_DRBG_type\fR\|(3),
+\&\s-1\fBEVP_RAND\s0\fR\|(3) and \s-1\fBEVP_RAND\s0\fR\|(7).
+.PP
A \fB\s-1RAND_METHOD\s0\fR specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for random number
generation.
.PP
@@ -160,7 +168,8 @@ generation.
This implementation ensures that the \s-1PRNG\s0 state is unique for each thread.
.PP
If an \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR is loaded that provides the \s-1RAND API,\s0 however, it will
-be used instead of the method returned by \fBRAND_OpenSSL()\fR.
+be used instead of the method returned by \fBRAND_OpenSSL()\fR. This is deprecated
+in OpenSSL 3.0.
.PP
\&\fBRAND_set_rand_method()\fR makes \fBmeth\fR the method for \s-1PRNG\s0 use. If an
\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 was providing the method, it will be released first.
@@ -190,14 +199,20 @@ Each pointer may be \s-1NULL\s0 if the function is not implemented.
methods.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
+\&\s-1\fBEVP_RAND\s0\fR\|(3),
+\&\fBRAND_set_DRBG_type\fR\|(3),
\&\fBRAND_bytes\fR\|(3),
\&\fBENGINE_by_id\fR\|(3),
+\&\s-1\fBEVP_RAND\s0\fR\|(7),
\&\s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7)
+.SH "HISTORY"
+.IX Header "HISTORY"
+All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright 2000\-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
.PP
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.