diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod
index bf2a94c760de22f82a79f4d0ed996eafae72fbf7..ecf3c4858e528849a4d677a56054c94112d22331 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ for SSL_library_init().
 
 SSL_library_init() must be called before any other action takes place.
 
-=head1 IMPORTANT
+=head1 WARNING
 
 SSL_library_init() only registers ciphers. Another important initialization
 is the seeding of the PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator), which has to
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_read.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_read.pod
index 708b20fdb5e3fd4831e6bcf59d6f27e2a1e72b6c..072dc26cf2843470dd33f93170bbc696a3f29dac 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_read.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_read.pod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ non-blocking socket, nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check
 for the required condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO pair, data
 must be written into or retrieved out of the BIO before being able to continue.
 
-=head1 IMPORTANT
+=head1 WARNING
 
 When an SSL_read() operation has to be repeated because of
 B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>, it must be repeated
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod
index 0a1adaba7327b2259d8b550911ee6be0e258cd92..db67c187e0ee9387574e9ee73a7faf851a6a3217 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ non-blocking socket, nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check
 for the required condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO pair, data
 must be written into or retrieved out of the BIO before being able to continue.
 
-=head1 IMPORTANT
+=head1 WARNING
 
 When an SSL_write() operation has to be repeated because of
 B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>, it must be repeated