--- doc/mcrypt.3~orig	2002-12-19 12:54:53.000000000 +0100
+++ doc/mcrypt.3	2002-12-19 12:56:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -502,7 +502,14 @@
 internally in libltdl. Except for the dynamic module loading libmcrypt is 
 thread safe.
 
+.B    const char *mcrypt_check_version(const char *min_version);
+
+Check that the the version of the library is at minimum the requested one
+and return the version string; return NULL if the condition is not
+satisfied.  If a NULL is passed to this function, no check is done,
+but the version string is simply returned.
 .LP
+.SH EXAMPLES
 Some example programs follow here. Compile as "cc prog.c -lmcrypt", or
 "cc prog.c -lmcrypt -lltdl" depending on your installation.
 Libltdl is used for opening dynamic libraries (modules).