diff --git a/include/polarssl/oid.h b/include/polarssl/oid.h
index 2470d5e..0c471c5 100644
--- a/include/polarssl/oid.h
+++ b/include/polarssl/oid.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define POLARSSL_ERR_OID_NOT_FOUND                         -0x002E  /**< OID is not found. */
+#define POLARSSL_ERR_OID_BUF_TOO_SMALL                     -0x000B  /**< output buffer is too small */
 
 /*
  * Top level OID tuples
@@ -376,7 +377,8 @@
  * \param size      size of the buffer
  * \param oid       OID to translate
  *
- * \return          POLARSSL_ERR_DEBUG_BUF_TOO_SMALL or actual length used
+ * \return          Length of the string written (excluding final NULL) or
+ *                  POLARSSL_ERR_OID_BUF_TO_SMALL in case of error
  */
 int oid_get_numeric_string( char *buf, size_t size, const asn1_buf *oid );