diff --git a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod
index 5bfa18afbb3d965f3073925029ccee9a47ceea40..298ec54a4c3be2242a0a1ef134d461dd144e75a9 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509.pod
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ i2d_X509_fp - X509 encode and decode functions
  X509 *d2i_X509_bio(BIO *bp, X509 **x);
  X509 *d2i_X509_fp(FILE *fp, X509 **x);
 
- int i2d_X509_bio(X509 *x, BIO *bp);
- int i2d_X509_fp(X509 *x, FILE *fp);
+ int i2d_X509_bio(BIO *bp, X509 *x);
+ int i2d_X509_fp(FILE *fp, X509 *x);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ d2i_X509(), d2i_X509_bio() and d2i_X509_fp() return a valid B<X509> structure
 or B<NULL> if an error occurs. The error code that can be obtained by
 L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. 
 
-i2d_X509(), i2d_X509_bio() and i2d_X509_fp() return a the number of bytes
-successfully encoded or a negative value if an error occurs. The error code
-can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. 
+i2d_X509() returns the number of bytes successfully encoded or a negative
+value if an error occurs. The error code can be obtained by
+L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. 
 
-i2d_X509_bio() and i2d_X509_fp() returns 1 for success and 0 if an error 
+i2d_X509_bio() and i2d_X509_fp() return 1 for success and 0 if an error 
 occurs The error code can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. 
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
diff --git a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_CRL.pod b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_CRL.pod
index e7295a5d6153ee1b472921249609519e1d3f8fdb..224f9e082b7aafd383e302f84704f19df21a1f5d 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_CRL.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_CRL.pod
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ i2d_X509_CRL_bio, i2d_X509_CRL_fp - PKCS#10 certificate request functions.
  X509_CRL *d2i_X509_CRL_bio(BIO *bp, X509_CRL **x);
  X509_CRL *d2i_X509_CRL_fp(FILE *fp, X509_CRL **x);
 
- int i2d_X509_CRL_bio(X509_CRL *x, BIO *bp);
- int i2d_X509_CRL_fp(X509_CRL *x, FILE *fp);
+ int i2d_X509_CRL_bio(BIO *bp, X509_CRL *x);
+ int i2d_X509_CRL_fp(FILE *fp, X509_CRL *x);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
diff --git a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_REQ.pod b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_REQ.pod
index ae32a3891d6752d200ffb429a211a391c35f9fd0..91c0c1974b49dbdb3afcbceca19d92e94f9248ce 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_REQ.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/d2i_X509_REQ.pod
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ i2d_X509_REQ_bio, i2d_X509_REQ_fp - PKCS#10 certificate request functions.
  X509_REQ *d2i_X509_REQ_bio(BIO *bp, X509_REQ **x);
  X509_REQ *d2i_X509_REQ_fp(FILE *fp, X509_REQ **x);
 
- int i2d_X509_REQ_bio(X509_REQ *x, BIO *bp);
- int i2d_X509_REQ_fp(X509_REQ *x, FILE *fp);
+ int i2d_X509_REQ_bio(BIO *bp, X509_REQ *x);
+ int i2d_X509_REQ_fp(FILE *fp, X509_REQ *x);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION