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diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.rst b/doc/api/crypto.rst index 3955802..f378e84 100644 --- a/doc/api/crypto.rst +++ b/doc/api/crypto.rst @@ -543,9 +543,11 @@ The X509StoreContextError is an exception raised from `X509StoreContext.verify_certificate` in circumstances where a certificate cannot be verified in a provided context. -The exception objects have a :py:class:`basestring` ``message`` attribute which -contains error messages and :py:class:`X509` ``certificate`` attribute by which -they indicate where the verification error was detected. +The certificate for which the verification error was detected is given by the +``certificate`` attribute of the exception instance as a :class:`X509` +instance. + +Details about the verification error are given in the exception's ``args`` attribute. X509StoreContext objects |