diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
index f62a869a9..eb772b55d 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SSL_CIPHER_get_name, SSL_CIPHER_get_bits, SSL_CIPHER_get_version, SSL_CIPHER_des
  const char *SSL_CIPHER_get_name(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
  int SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, int *alg_bits);
  char *SSL_CIPHER_get_version(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
- char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
+ char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
diff --git a/ssl/ssl.h b/ssl/ssl.h
index b60f52be5..598261622 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl.h
+++ b/ssl/ssl.h
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ long SSL_get_default_timeout(const SSL *s);
 
 int SSL_library_init(void );
 
-char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *,char *buf,int size);
+char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *,char *buf,int size);
 STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *SSL_dup_CA_list(STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *sk);
 
 SSL *SSL_dup(SSL *ssl);
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_ciph.c b/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
index 5aa03ee44..5e2d436da 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *ssl_create_cipher_list(const SSL_METHOD *ssl_method,
 	return(cipherstack);
 	}
 
-char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int len)
+char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int len)
 	{
 	int is_export,pkl,kl;
 	const char *ver,*exp_str;