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diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 7a5f72710a..c9b02d44ec 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
<item>IDEA cipher suites are not supported as they have
become deprecated by the latest TLS spec so there is not any
real motivation to implement them.</item>
- <item>CRL and policy certificate extensions are not supported
- yet. However CRL verification is supported by public_key, only not integrated
- in ssl yet. </item>
+ <item>CRL validation is supported.</item>
+ <item>Policy certificate extensions are not supported
+ yet. </item>
<item>Support for 'Server Name Indication' extension client side
(RFC 6066 section 3).</item>
</list>
@@ -301,10 +301,47 @@ fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom() | {revo
<item> Possible such reasons see <seealso
marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3"> public_key:pkix_path_validation/3 </seealso></item>
</taglist>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>{crl_check, boolean() | peer | best_effort )</tag>
+ <item>
+ Perform CRL (Certificate Revocation List) verification
+ <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_crl_validate-3">
+ public_key:pkix_crls_validate/3</seealso>, during the
+ <seealso
+ marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3">public_key:pkix_path_validation/3 </seealso>
+ invokation on all the certificates in the peer certificate chain. Defaults to
+ false.
+
+ <p><c>peer</c> - check is only performed on
+ the peer certificate.</p>
+
+ <p><c>best_effort</c> - if certificate revokation status can not be determined
+ it will be accepted as valid.</p>
+ <p>The CA certificates specified for the connection will be used to
+ construct the certificate chain validating the CRLs.</p>
+
+ <p>The CRLs will be fetched from a local or external cache
+ <seealso marker="ssl:ssl_crl_cache_api">ssl_crl_cache_api(3)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
- <tag>{partial_chain, fun(Chain::[DerCert]) -> {trusted_ca, DerCert} | unknown_ca }</tag>
+ <tag>{crl_cache, {Module::atom, {DbHandle::internal | term(), Args::list()}}</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Module defaults to ssl_crl_cache with <c> DbHandle </c> internal and an
+ empty argument list. The following arguments may be specified for the internal cache.</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>{http, timeout()}</tag>
+ <item>
+ Enables fetching of CRLs specified as http URIs in<seealso
+ marker="public_key:cert_records"> X509 cerificate extensions.</seealso>
+ Requires the OTP inets application.
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>{partial_chain, fun(Chain::[DerCert]) -> {trusted_ca, DerCert} | unknown_ca </tag>
+
<item>
Claim an intermediat CA in the chain as trusted. TLS will then perform the public_key:pkix_path_validation/3
with the selected CA as trusted anchor and the rest of the chain.