diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verify.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verify.pod
index 10633da3f2..f93e5fc6c3 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verify.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verify.pod
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Verify signature using PKCS#1 and SHA256 digest:
 	/* Error */
 
  /* Perform operation */
- ret = EVP_PKEY_verify(ctx, md, mdlen, sig, siglen);
+ ret = EVP_PKEY_verify(ctx, sig, siglen, md, mdlen);
 
  /* ret == 1 indicates success, 0 verify failure and < 0 for some
   * other error.
diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover.pod
index e2a2a8c6f8..f3605eb826 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover.pod
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Recover digest originally signed using PKCS#1 and SHA256 digest:
 	/* Error */
 
  /* Determine buffer length */
- if (EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover(ctx, rout, &routlen, sig, siglen) <= 0)
+ if (EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover(ctx, NULL, &routlen, sig, siglen) <= 0)
 	/* Error */
 
  rout = OPENSSL_malloc(routlen);