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+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
@@ -642,7 +642,11 @@
crypto and the underlying libcrypto library. If crypto was built
with FIPS support this can be either <c>enabled</c> (when
running in FIPS mode) or <c>not_enabled</c>. For other builds
- this value is always <c>not_supported</c>.</p>
+ this value is always <c>not_supported</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="#enable_fips_mode-1">enable_fips_mode/1</seealso> about how to enable
+ FIPS mode.
+ </p>
<warning>
<p>In FIPS mode all non-FIPS compliant algorithms are
disabled and raise exception <c>error:notsup</c>. Check
@@ -654,6 +658,21 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="enable_fips_mode" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Change FIPS mode.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Enables (<c>Enable = true</c>) or disables (<c>Enable = false</c>) FIPS mode. Returns <c>true</c> if
+ the operation was successful or <c>false</c> otherwise.
+ </p>
+ <p>Note that to enable FIPS mode succesfully, OTP must be built with the configure option <c>--enable-fips</c>,
+ and the underlying libcrypto must also support FIPS.
+ </p>
+ <p>See also <seealso marker="#info_fips-0">info_fips/0</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="info_lib" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Provides information about the libraries used by crypto.</fsummary>
<desc>