diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
index 1a071fc..1c98a5e 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
@@ -3523,18 +3523,61 @@
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_MAX_FRAGMENT_LENGTH)
 /**
- * \brief          Return the maximum fragment length (payload, in bytes).
- *                 This is the value negotiated with peer if any,
- *                 or the locally configured value.
+ * \brief          Return the maximum fragment length (payload, in bytes) for
+ *                 the output buffer. For the client, this is the configured
+ *                 value. For the server, it is the minimum of two - the
+ *                 configured value and the negotiated one.
  *
  * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_conf_max_frag_len()
  * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_max_record_payload()
  *
  * \param ssl      SSL context
  *
- * \return         Current maximum fragment length.
+ * \return         Current maximum fragment length for the output buffer.
  */
-size_t mbedtls_ssl_get_max_frag_len( const mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+size_t mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len( const mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+
+/**
+ * \brief          Return the maximum fragment length (payload, in bytes) for
+ *                 the input buffer. This is the negotiated maximum fragment
+ *                 length, or, if there is none, MBEDTLS_SSL_MAX_CONTENT_LEN.
+ *                 If it is not defined either, the value is 2^14. This function
+ *                 works as its predecessor, \c mbedtls_ssl_get_max_frag_len().
+ *
+ * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_conf_max_frag_len()
+ * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_max_record_payload()
+ *
+ * \param ssl      SSL context
+ *
+ * \return         Current maximum fragment length for the output buffer.
+ */
+size_t mbedtls_ssl_get_input_max_frag_len( const mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_REMOVED)
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_WARNING)
+#define MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED    __attribute__((deprecated))
+#else
+#define MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * \brief          This function is a deprecated approach to getting the max
+ *                 fragment length. Its an alias for
+ *                 \c mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len(), as the behaviour
+ *                 is the same. See \c mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len() for
+ *                 more detail.
+ *
+ * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_input_max_frag_len()
+ * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len()
+ *
+ * \param ssl      SSL context
+ *
+ * \return         Current maximum fragment length for the output buffer.
+ */
+MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED size_t mbedtls_ssl_get_max_frag_len(
+                                        const mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_REMOVED */
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_MAX_FRAGMENT_LENGTH */
 
 /**
@@ -3555,7 +3598,8 @@
  *                 when record compression is enabled.
  *
  * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_set_mtu()
- * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_max_frag_len()
+ * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len()
+ * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_input_max_frag_len()
  * \sa             mbedtls_ssl_get_record_expansion()
  *
  * \param ssl      SSL context
@@ -3863,8 +3907,8 @@
  *                 or negotiated with the peer), then:
  *                 - with TLS, less bytes than requested are written.
  *                 - with DTLS, MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_INPUT_DATA is returned.
- *                 \c mbedtls_ssl_get_max_frag_len() may be used to query the
- *                 active maximum fragment length.
+ *                 \c mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len() may be used to
+ *                 query the active maximum fragment length.
  *
  * \note           Attempting to write 0 bytes will result in an empty TLS
  *                 application record being sent.