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diff --git a/doc/api/ssl.rst b/doc/api/ssl.rst index 00cae9b..53bcf40 100644 --- a/doc/api/ssl.rst +++ b/doc/api/ssl.rst @@ -307,8 +307,15 @@ Context objects have the following methods: .. py:method:: Context.set_default_verify_paths() Specify that the platform provided CA certificates are to be used for - verification purposes. This method may not work properly on OS X. - + verification purposes. This method has some caveats related to the + binary wheels that cryptography (pyOpenSSL's primary dependency) ships: + + * macOS will only load certificates using this method if the user has + the ``openssl@1.1`` Homebrew formula installed in the default location. + * Windows will not work. + * manylinux1 cryptography wheels will work on most common Linux distributions + in pyOpenSSL 17.1.0 and above. pyOpenSSL detects the manylinux1 wheel and + attempts to load roots via a fallback path. .. py:method:: Context.load_tmp_dh(dhfile) |