diff --git a/doc/apps/enc.pod b/doc/apps/enc.pod
index eb3894df1d..c43da5b3f1 100644
--- a/doc/apps/enc.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/enc.pod
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ Blowfish and RC5 algorithms use a 128 bit key.
  des-ecb            DES in ECB mode
 
  des-ede-cbc        Two key triple DES EDE in CBC mode
- des-ede            Alias for des-ede
+ des-ede            Two key triple DES EDE in ECB mode
  des-ede-cfb        Two key triple DES EDE in CFB mode
  des-ede-ofb        Two key triple DES EDE in OFB mode
 
  des-ede3-cbc       Three key triple DES EDE in CBC mode
- des-ede3           Alias for des-ede3-cbc
+ des-ede3           Three key triple DES EDE in ECB mode
  des3               Alias for des-ede3-cbc
  des-ede3-cfb       Three key triple DES EDE CFB mode
  des-ede3-ofb       Three key triple DES EDE in OFB mode