Clarify the behavior of bignum resize and copy functions
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/bignum.h b/include/mbedtls/bignum.h
index 3bf02a7..31383b1 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/bignum.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/bignum.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@
/**
* \brief Enlarge to the specified number of limbs
*
+ * This function does nothing if the MPI is already large enough.
+ *
* \param X MPI to grow
* \param nblimbs The target number of limbs
*
@@ -215,19 +217,23 @@
/**
* \brief Resize down, keeping at least the specified number of limbs
*
+ * If \c X is smaller than \c nblimbs, it is resized up
+ * instead.
+ *
* \param X MPI to shrink
* \param nblimbs The minimum number of limbs to keep
*
* \return 0 if successful,
* MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_ALLOC_FAILED if memory allocation failed
+ * (this can only happen when resizing up).
*/
int mbedtls_mpi_shrink( mbedtls_mpi *X, size_t nblimbs );
/**
* \brief Copy the contents of Y into X
*
- * \param X Destination MPI
- * \param Y Source MPI
+ * \param X Destination MPI. It is enlarged if necessary.
+ * \param Y Source MPI.
*
* \return 0 if successful,
* MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_ALLOC_FAILED if memory allocation failed