diff --git a/lib/krb5/krb5_get_credentials.3 b/lib/krb5/krb5_get_credentials.3
index 9bbcb780e..6dd835f43 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/krb5_get_credentials.3
+++ b/lib/krb5/krb5_get_credentials.3
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
 .Fa "krb5_creds **out_creds"
 .Fc
 .Ft krb5_error_code
-.Fo krb5_get_credentials
+.Fo krb5_get_credentials_with_flags
 .Fa "krb5_context context"
 .Fa "krb5_flags options"
 .Fa "krb5_kdc_flags flags"
@@ -91,11 +91,23 @@ Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
 .Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fn krb5_get_credentials_with_flags
-get credentials by first looking in the
+get credentials specified by
+.Fa in_creds->server
+and
+.Fa in_creds->client
+(the rest of the
+.Fa in_creds
+structure is ignored)
+by first looking in the
 .Fa ccache
 and if doesn't exists or is expired, fetch the credential from the KDC
 using the krbtgt in
 .Fa ccache .
+The credential is returned in
+.Fa out_creds
+and should be freed using the function
+.Fn krb5_free_creds .
+.Pp
 Valid flags to pass into
 .Fa options
 argument are: