1 files changed, 9 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
index a1f2d28a..4db3972d 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
@@ -7,37 +7,19 @@ The `OpenSSL`_ C library.
 
 .. data:: cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.backend
 
-    This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has one public attribute.
+    This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend.
 
-    .. attribute:: name
-
-        The string name of this backend: ``"openssl"``
-
-Using your own OpenSSL on Linux
--------------------------------
+    It implements the following interfaces:
 
-Python links to OpenSSL for its own purposes and this can sometimes cause
-problems when you wish to use a different version of OpenSSL with cryptography.
-If you want to use cryptography with your own build of OpenSSL you will need to
-make sure that the build is configured correctly so that your version of
-OpenSSL doesn't conflict with Python's.
+    * :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.CipherBackend`
+    * :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.HashBackend`
+    * :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.HMACBackend`
+    * :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.PBKDF2HMACBackend`
 
-The options you need to add allow the linker to identify every symbol correctly
-even when multiple versions of the library are linked into the same program. If
-you are using your distribution's source packages these will probably be
-patched in for you already, otherwise you'll need to use options something like
-this when configuring OpenSSL::
+    It has one additional public attribute.
 
-    ./config -Wl,--version-script=openssl.ld -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIC shared
-
-You'll also need to generate your own ``openssl.ld`` file. For example::
-
-    OPENSSL_1.0.1F_CUSTOM {
-        global:
-            *;
-    };
+    .. attribute:: name
 
-You should replace the version string on the first line as appropriate for your
-build.
+        The string name of this backend: ``"openssl"``
 
 .. _`OpenSSL`: https://www.openssl.org/