diff --git a/doc/crypto/BIO_find_type.pod b/doc/crypto/BIO_find_type.pod
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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+	BIO_find_type, BIO_next - BIO chain traversal
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/bio.h>
+
+ BIO *	BIO_find_type(BIO *b,int bio_type);
+ BIO *	BIO_next(BIO *b);
+
+ #define BIO_method_type(b)		((b)->method->type)
+
+ #define BIO_TYPE_NONE		0
+ #define BIO_TYPE_MEM		(1|0x0400)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_FILE		(2|0x0400)
+
+ #define BIO_TYPE_FD		(4|0x0400|0x0100)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_SOCKET		(5|0x0400|0x0100)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_NULL		(6|0x0400)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_SSL		(7|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_MD		(8|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_BUFFER		(9|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_CIPHER		(10|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_BASE64		(11|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_CONNECT	(12|0x0400|0x0100)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_ACCEPT		(13|0x0400|0x0100)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_PROXY_CLIENT	(14|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_PROXY_SERVER	(15|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_NBIO_TEST	(16|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_NULL_FILTER	(17|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_BER		(18|0x0200)
+ #define BIO_TYPE_BIO		(19|0x0400)
+
+ #define BIO_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR	0x0100
+ #define BIO_TYPE_FILTER		0x0200
+ #define BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK	0x0400
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The BIO_find_type() searches for a BIO of a given type in a chain, starting
+at BIO B<b>. If B<type> is a specific type (such as BIO_TYPE_MEM) then a search
+is made for a BIO of that type. If B<type> is a general type (such as
+B<BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK>) then the next matching BIO of the given general type is
+searched for. BIO_find_type() returns the next matching BIO or NULL if none is
+found.
+
+Note: not all the B<BIO_TYPE_*> types above have corresponding BIO implementations.
+
+BIO_next() returns the next BIO in a chain. It can be used to traverse all BIOs
+in a chain or used in conjunction with BIO_find_type() to find all BIOs of a
+certain type.
+
+BIO_method_type() returns the type of a BIO.
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+BIO_find_type() returns a matching BIO or NULL for no match.
+
+BIO_next() returns the next BIO in a chain.
+
+BIO_method_type() returns the type of the BIO B<b>.
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+BIO_next() was added to OpenSSL 0.9.6 to provide a 'clean' way to traverse a BIO
+chain or find multiple matches using BIO_find_type(). Previous versions had to
+use:
+
+ next = bio->next_bio;
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+BIO_find_type() in OpenSSL 0.9.5a and earlier could not be safely passed a
+NULL pointer for the B<b> argument.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+Traverse a chain looking for digest BIOs:
+
+ BIO *btmp;
+ btmp = in_bio;	/* in_bio is chain to search through */
+
+ do {
+ 	btmp = BIO_find_type(btmp, BIO_TYPE_MD);
+	if(btmp == NULL) break;	/* Not found */
+	/* btmp is a digest BIO, do something with it ...*/
+   	...
+
+	btmp = BIO_next(btmp);
+ } while(btmp);
+
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+TBA
diff --git a/doc/crypto/BIO_read.pod b/doc/crypto/BIO_read.pod
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/doc/crypto/BIO_read.pod
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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+	BIO_read, BIO_write, BIO_gets, BIO_puts - BIO I/O functions
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/bio.h>
+
+int	BIO_read(BIO *b, void *buf, int len);
+int	BIO_gets(BIO *b,char *buf, int size);
+int	BIO_write(BIO *b, const void *buf, int len);
+int	BIO_puts(BIO *b,const char *buf);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+BIO_read() attempts to read B<len> bytes from BIO B<b> and places
+the data in B<buf>.
+
+BIO_gets() performs the BIOs "gets" operation and places the data
+in B<buf>. Usually this operation will attempt to read a line of data
+from the BIO of maximum length B<len>. There are exceptions to this
+however, for example BIO_gets() on a digest BIO will calculate and
+return the digest and other BIOs may not support BIO_gets() at all.
+
+BIO_write() attempts to write B<len> bytes from B<buf> to BIO B<b>.
+
+BIO_puts() attempts to write a null terminated string B<buf> to BIO B<b>
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+All these functions return either the amount of data successfully read or
+written (if the return value is positive) or that no data was successfully
+read or written (if the result is zero or negative).
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+A negative or zero return is not necessarily an indication of an error. In
+particular when the source/sink is non-blocking or of a certain type (for
+example an SSL BIO can retry even if the underlying connection is blocking)
+it may merely be an indication that no data is currently available and that
+the application should retry the operation later. L<BIO_should_retry(3)|BIO_should_retry(3)>
+can be called to determine the precise cause.
+
+If the BIO_gets() function is not supported by a BIO then it possible to
+work around this by adding a buffering BIO L<BIO_f_buffer(3)|BIO_f_buffer(3)>
+to the chain.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+TBA