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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst index bd618551..a356dcaa 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst @@ -668,12 +668,20 @@ Key Interfaces .. method:: public_bytes(encoding, format) - Allows serialization of the key to bytes. Encoding ( - :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding.PEM` or + Allows serialization of the key data to bytes. When encoding the public + key the encodings ( + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding.PEM`, :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding.DER`) and format ( :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo`) - are chosen to define the exact serialization. + are chosen to define the exact serialization. When encoding the point + the encoding + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding.X962` + should be used with the formats ( + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.PublicFormat.UncompressedPoint` + or + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.PublicFormat.CompressedPoint` + ). :param encoding: A value from the :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding` enum. @@ -681,7 +689,7 @@ Key Interfaces :param format: A value from the :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.PublicFormat` enum. - :return bytes: Serialized key. + :return bytes: Serialized data. .. method:: verify(signature, data, signature_algorithm) |