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-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl2
-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/src/ssl_connection.erl4
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 60ea4d547f..f3164cdb46 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom()} |
<fsummary>Write data to a socket.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
- <v>Data = iolist() | binary()</v>
+ <v>Data = iodata()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Writes <c>Data</c> to <c>Socket</c>. </p>
diff --git a/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl b/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl
index 7b1fda4cf9..ae0f8477fc 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl
+++ b/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ close(Socket = #sslsocket{}) ->
ssl_broker:close(Socket).
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
--spec send(#sslsocket{}, iolist()) -> ok | {error, reason()}.
+-spec send(#sslsocket{}, iodata()) -> ok | {error, reason()}.
%%
%% Description: Sends data over the ssl connection
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/ssl/src/ssl_connection.erl b/lib/ssl/src/ssl_connection.erl
index 574e1e9468..0a86e9bd29 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/src/ssl_connection.erl
+++ b/lib/ssl/src/ssl_connection.erl
@@ -107,12 +107,14 @@
%%====================================================================
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
--spec send(pid(), iolist()) -> ok | {error, reason()}.
+-spec send(pid(), iodata()) -> ok | {error, reason()}.
%%
%% Description: Sends data over the ssl connection
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
send(Pid, Data) ->
sync_send_all_state_event(Pid, {application_data,
+ %% iolist_to_binary should really
+ %% be called iodata_to_binary()
erlang:iolist_to_binary(Data)}, infinity).
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------