From e19201e6250cf0f60bbf2362938294ab7c533d3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:05:20 -0600
Subject: attempt to clarify signature hash algorithm a bit more

---
 docs/x509.rst | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst
index e16e79e9..262ba301 100644
--- a/docs/x509.rst
+++ b/docs/x509.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ X.509 Certificate Object
 
         Returns the
         :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes.HashAlgorithm` used in
-        the signature.
+        the certificate's signature.
+
+        .. note::
+            Items signed by the parsed certificate do not have to use the same
+            hash algorithm.
 
         .. doctest::
 
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