diff --git a/include/polarssl/dhm.h b/include/polarssl/dhm.h
index c6c2d8feb..322a78860 100644
--- a/include/polarssl/dhm.h
+++ b/include/polarssl/dhm.h
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ int dhm_make_public( dhm_context *ctx, int x_size,
  *
  * \param ctx      DHM context
  * \param output   destination buffer
- * \param olen     number of chars written
+ * \param olen     on entry, must hold the size of the destination buffer
+ *                 on exit, holds the actual number of bytes written
  * \param f_rng    RNG function, for blinding purposes
  * \param p_rng    RNG parameter
  *