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-rw-r--r--src/include/taler_exchange_service.h11
-rw-r--r--src/lib/exchange_api_batch_withdraw2.c4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h b/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h
index b2e513341..8a59f157f 100644
--- a/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h
+++ b/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/*
This file is part of TALER
- Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Taler Systems SA
+ Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Taler Systems SA
TALER is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -2591,7 +2591,8 @@ typedef void
/**
* Withdraw multiple coins from the exchange using a /reserves/$RESERVE_PUB/batch-withdraw
* request. This API is typically used by a wallet to withdraw many coins from a
- * reserve.
+ * reserve. The blind signatures are unblinded and verified before being returned
+ * to the caller at @a res_cb.
*
* Note that to ensure that no money is lost in case of hardware
* failures, the caller must have committed (most of) the arguments to
@@ -2688,7 +2689,11 @@ struct TALER_EXCHANGE_Withdraw2Handle;
/**
* Withdraw a coin from the exchange using a /reserves/$RESERVE_PUB/withdraw
* request. This API is typically used by a merchant to withdraw a tip
- * where the blinding factor is unknown to the merchant.
+ * where the blinding factor is unknown to the merchant. Note that unlike
+ * the #TALER_EXCHANGE_withdraw() API, this API neither unblinds the signatures
+ * nor can it verify that the exchange signatures are valid, so these tasks
+ * are left to the caller. Wallets probably should use #TALER_EXCHANGE_withdraw()
+ * which integrates these steps.
*
* Note that to ensure that no money is lost in case of hardware
* failures, the caller must have committed (most of) the arguments to
diff --git a/src/lib/exchange_api_batch_withdraw2.c b/src/lib/exchange_api_batch_withdraw2.c
index a512fed14..ff1496466 100644
--- a/src/lib/exchange_api_batch_withdraw2.c
+++ b/src/lib/exchange_api_batch_withdraw2.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ struct TALER_EXCHANGE_BatchWithdraw2Handle
/**
* We got a 200 OK response for the /reserves/$RESERVE_PUB/batch-withdraw operation.
* Extract the coin's signature and return it to the caller. The signature we
- * get from the exchange is for the blinded value. Thus, we first must
- * unblind it and then should verify its validity against our coin's hash.
+ * get from the exchange is for the blinded value. As we do not have the
+ * blinding factor, the signature CANNOT be verified.
*
* If everything checks out, we return the unblinded signature
* to the application via the callback.