diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache.xml
index 6fbc1c1afddb..2955cb498606 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache.xml
@@ -41,36 +41,23 @@
       <datatype>
 	<name name="crl_src"/>
       </datatype>
-
-      <datatype>
-	<name name="uri"/>
-      </datatype>
-
     </datatypes>
   
     <funcs>
       <func>
 	<name since="OTP 18.0">delete(Entries) -> ok |  {error, Reason} </name>
-	<fsummary> </fsummary>
-	<type>
-	  <v> Entries =  <seetype marker="#crl_src">crl_src()</seetype>]}</v>
-	  <v> Reason = crl_reason()</v>
-	</type>
+	<fsummary> Delete CRLs from the ssl applications local cache.</fsummary>
 	<desc>
 	  <p>Delete CRLs from the ssl applications local cache. </p>
 	</desc>
       </func>     
       <func>
-	<name since="OTP 18.0">insert(CRLSrc) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
-	<name since="OTP 18.0">insert(URI, CRLSrc) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
-	<fsummary> </fsummary>
-	<type>
-	  <v> CRLSrc = <seetype marker="#crl_src">crl_src()</seetype>]}</v>
-	  <v> URI = <seetype marker="#uri">uri()</seetype> </v>
-	  <v> Reason = term()</v>
-	</type>
+	<name since="OTP 18.0" name="insert" arity="1"></name>
+	<name since="OTP 18.0" name="insert" arity="2"></name>
+	<fsummary> Insert CRLs into the ssl applications local cache.</fsummary>
 	<desc>
-	 <p>Insert CRLs, available to fetch on DER format from <c>URI</c>, into the ssl applications local cache. </p>
+	  <p>Insert CRLs into the ssl applications local cache, with or without a distribution point
+	  reference URI</p>
 	</desc>
       </func>
     </funcs>
diff --git a/lib/ssl/src/ssl_crl_cache.erl b/lib/ssl/src/ssl_crl_cache.erl
index c12d829470cc..d88ca80d9009 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/src/ssl_crl_cache.erl
+++ b/lib/ssl/src/ssl_crl_cache.erl
@@ -72,22 +72,38 @@ fresh_crl(#'DistributionPoint'{distributionPoint = {fullName, Names}}, CRL) ->
 %% API 
 %%====================================================================
 
-insert(CRLs) ->
-    insert(?NO_DIST_POINT, CRLs).
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec insert(CRLSrc) -> ok | {error, Reason} when
+      CRLSrc :: crl_src(),
+      Reason :: term().
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+insert(CRLSrc) ->
+    insert(?NO_DIST_POINT, CRLSrc).
 
-insert(URI, {file, File}) when is_list(URI) ->				     
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec insert(DistPointURI, CRLSrc) -> ok | {error, Reason} when
+      DistPointURI :: uri_string:uri_string(),
+      CRLSrc :: crl_src(),
+      Reason :: term().
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+insert(DistPointURI, {file, File}) when is_list(DistPointURI) ->
     case file:read_file(File) of
 	{ok, PemBin} ->
 	    PemEntries = public_key:pem_decode(PemBin),
 	    CRLs = [ CRL || {'CertificateList', CRL, not_encrypted} 
 				<- PemEntries],
-	    do_insert(URI, CRLs);
+	    do_insert(DistPointURI, CRLs);
 	Error ->
 	    Error
     end;
-insert(URI, {der, CRLs}) ->	
-    do_insert(URI, CRLs).
+insert(DistPointURI, {der, CRLs}) ->	
+    do_insert(DistPointURI, CRLs).
 
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec delete(Entries) -> ok | {error, Reason} when
+      Entries :: crl_src() | uri_string:uri_string(),
+      Reason :: term().
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 delete({file, File}) ->
     case file:read_file(File) of
 	{ok, PemBin} ->