diff -r 231d98a38eec Doc/library/hashlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst	Mon Jul 30 18:35:17 2012 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst	Mon Jul 30 19:44:48 2012 -0400
@@ -51,21 +51,24 @@
 .. index:: single: OpenSSL; (use in module hashlib)
 
 Constructors for hash algorithms that are always present in this module are
-:func:`md5`, :func:`sha1`, :func:`sha224`, :func:`sha256`, :func:`sha384`, and
-:func:`sha512`.  Additional algorithms may also be available depending upon the
-OpenSSL library that Python uses on your platform.
+:func:`sha1`, :func:`sha224`, :func:`sha256`, :func:`sha384`, and
+:func:`sha512`. The :func:`md5` is typically available, but will be missing if
+Python has been compiled in FIPS-compliant mode. If hashlib was compiled with
+OpenSSL support then additional algorithms may also be available depending
+upon the OpenSSL library that Python uses on your platform. OpenSSL
+implementations of the builtin algorithms are used if available.
 
 For example, to obtain the digest of the byte string ``b'Nobody inspects the
 spammish repetition'``::
 
    >>> import hashlib
-   >>> m = hashlib.md5()
+   >>> m = hashlib.sha1()
    >>> m.update(b"Nobody inspects")
    >>> m.update(b" the spammish repetition")
    >>> m.digest()
-   b'\xbbd\x9c\x83\xdd\x1e\xa5\xc9\xd9\xde\xc9\xa1\x8d\xf0\xff\xe9'
+   b'S\x1b\x07\xa0\xf5\xb6dw\xa2\x17B\xd2\x82qv&OK\xbf\xe2'
    >>> m.digest_size
-   16
+   20
    >>> m.block_size
    64