diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
index 09b7280bdd..4a159a68b8 100644
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id
  int SSL_CIPHER_is_aead(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
  const SSL_CIPHER *SSL_CIPHER_find(SSL *ssl, const unsigned char *ptr);
  uint32_t SSL_CIPHER_get_id(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
- uint32_t SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
+ uint16_t SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION