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diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml
index f50f714fe6..a11919eb51 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml
@@ -437,30 +437,17 @@ end
</func>
<func>
- <name>peercert(Socket) -> </name>
- <name>peercert(Socket, Opts) -> {ok, Cert} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name>peercert(Socket) -> {ok, Cert} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Return the peer certificate.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
- <v>Opts = [] | [otp] | [plain] </v>
- <v>Cert = term()</v>
+ <v>Cert = binary()</v>
<v>Subject = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p><c>peercert(Cert)</c> is equivalent to <c>peercert(Cert, [])</c>.
- </p>
- <p>The form of the returned certificate depends on the
- options.
- </p>
- <p>If the options list is empty the certificate is returned as
- a DER encoded binary.
- </p>
- <p>The option <c>otp</c> or <c>plain</c> implies that the
- certificate will be returned as a parsed ASN.1 structure in the
- form of an Erlang term. For detail see the public_key application.
- Currently only plain is officially supported see the public_key users
- guide.
- </p>
+ <p>The peer certificate is returned as a DER encoded binary.
+ The certificate can be decoded with <c>public_key:pkix_decode_cert/2</c>.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>