From bf092f17cd88ccdba00fa5c92a1565789be376cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Loup Vaillant <loup@loup-vaillant.fr>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:17:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document maximum AEAD message size

Fixes #279
---
 doc/crypto_aead_lock.3monocypher | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/crypto_aead_lock.3monocypher b/doc/crypto_aead_lock.3monocypher
index 348c3bf1..e61fb2cd 100644
--- a/doc/crypto_aead_lock.3monocypher
+++ b/doc/crypto_aead_lock.3monocypher
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ Length of both
 .Fa plain_text and
 .Fa cipher_text ,
 in bytes.
+Virtually unlimited,
+except when
+.Fn crypto_aead_init_ietf
+is used,
+in which case it must never exceed 2^38 - 64.
 .El
 .Pp
 The