diff --git a/collects/openssl/doc.txt b/collects/openssl/doc.txt
index 6ee856f2ac..3e92461baf 100644
--- a/collects/openssl/doc.txt
+++ b/collects/openssl/doc.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ machine, but
  * for Mac OS X, version 10.2 and later provides the necessary OpenSSL
    libraries.
 
- * for Unix, libssl.so is likely to be installed on your machine
-   already.
+ * for Unix, libssl.so and libcryto.so are likely to be installed on
+   your machine, already.
 
 ==================================================
 
@@ -246,15 +246,15 @@ identifies itself using "test.pem".
 Implementation notes
 --------------------
 
-For Windows, "mzssl.ss" relies on "libeay32xxxxxxxx.dll" and
-"ssleay32xxxxxxxx.dll", where the "xxxxxxxx" may be replaced with a
-PLT Scheme verison number, and where the DLLs are located in the same
-place as "libmzschxxxxxxx.dll". The DLLs are distributed as part of
-PLT Scheme.
+For Windows, "mzssl.ss" relies on "libeay32.dll" and "ssleay32.dll",
+where the DLLs are located in the same place as "libmzsch<VERS>.dll"
+(where <VERS> is either "xxxxxxx" or a mangling of MzScheme's version
+number). The DLLs are distributed as part of PLT Scheme.
 
-For Unix variants, "mzssl.ss" relies on "libssl.so", which must be
-installed in a standard library location, or in a directory listed by
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+For Unix variants, "mzssl.ss" relies on "libcryto.so" and "libssl.so",
+which must be installed in a standard library location, or in a
+directory listed by LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
 
-For Mac OS X, "mzssl.ss" relies on "libssl.dylib", which is part of
-the OS distribution for Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
+For Mac OS X, "mzssl.ss" relies on "libssl.dylib" and
+"libcryto.dylib", which are part of the OS distribution for Mac OS X
+10.2 and later.
diff --git a/collects/openssl/mzssl.ss b/collects/openssl/mzssl.ss
index a3e53a8287..d144a035b6 100644
--- a/collects/openssl/mzssl.ss
+++ b/collects/openssl/mzssl.ss
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
   (define 3m? (regexp-match #rx#"3m" (path->bytes (system-library-subpath))))
 
-  (define libeay
+  (define libcrypto
     (with-handlers ([exn:fail? (lambda (x)
 				 (set! ssl-load-fail-reason (exn-message x))
 				 #f)])
@@ -90,18 +90,18 @@
 	[(windows)
 	 (ffi-lib-win "libeay32")]
 	[else
-	 (ffi-lib "libssl")])))
+	 (ffi-lib "libcrypto")])))
 
   (define libssl
-    (with-handlers ([exn:fail? (lambda (x)
-				 (set! ssl-load-fail-reason (exn-message x))
-				 #f)])
-      (case (system-type)
-	[(windows)
-	 (and libeay
-	      (ffi-lib-win "ssleay32"))]
-	[else
-	 libeay])))
+    (and libcrypto
+	 (with-handlers ([exn:fail? (lambda (x)
+				      (set! ssl-load-fail-reason (exn-message x))
+				      #f)])
+	   (case (system-type)
+	     [(windows)
+	      (ffi-lib-win "ssleay32")]
+	     [else
+	      (ffi-lib "libssl")]))))
 
   (define libmz
     (case (system-type)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 		      (get-ffi-obj str lib (_fun . type))
 		      (lambda args (raise-not-available)))))]))]))
 
-  (define-define-X define-eay libeay libeay)
+  (define-define-X define-crypto libcrypto libcrypto)
   (define-define-X define-ssl libssl libssl)
   (define-define-X define-mzscheme #t libmz)
 
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@
   (define-ssl TLSv1_client_method (-> _SSL_METHOD*))
   (define-ssl TLSv1_server_method (-> _SSL_METHOD*))
 
-  (define-eay BIO_s_mem (-> _BIO_METHOD*))
-  (define-eay BIO_new (_BIO_METHOD* -> _BIO*))
-  (define-eay BIO_free (_BIO* -> _void))
+  (define-crypto BIO_s_mem (-> _BIO_METHOD*))
+  (define-crypto BIO_new (_BIO_METHOD* -> _BIO*))
+  (define-crypto BIO_free (_BIO* -> _void))
 
-  (define-eay BIO_read (_BIO* _bytes _int -> _int))
-  (define-eay BIO_write (_BIO* _bytes _int -> _int))
-  (define-eay BIO_ctrl (_BIO* _int _long _long -> _long))
+  (define-crypto BIO_read (_BIO* _bytes _int -> _int))
+  (define-crypto BIO_write (_BIO* _bytes _int -> _int))
+  (define-crypto BIO_ctrl (_BIO* _int _long _long -> _long))
   (define (BIO_set_mem_eof_return b v)
     (BIO_ctrl b BIO_C_SET_BUF_MEM_EOF_RETURN v 0))
 
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@
 
   (define-ssl SSL_get_error (_SSL* _int -> _int))
 
-  (define-eay ERR_get_error (-> _long))
-  (define-eay ERR_error_string_n (_long _bytes _long -> _void))
+  (define-crypto ERR_get_error (-> _long))
+  (define-crypto ERR_error_string_n (_long _bytes _long -> _void))
 
   (define-ssl SSL_library_init (-> _void))
   (define-ssl SSL_load_error_strings (-> _void))