diff --git a/include/openssl/ssl.h b/include/openssl/ssl.h
index 8397b74c..d6e352ed 100644
--- a/include/openssl/ssl.h
+++ b/include/openssl/ssl.h
@@ -2506,6 +2506,7 @@ OPENSSL_EXPORT void SSL_get_structure_sizes(size_t *ssl_size,
                                             size_t *ssl_ctx_size,
                                             size_t *ssl_session_size);
 
+/* ERR_load_SSL_strings does nothing. */
 OPENSSL_EXPORT void ERR_load_SSL_strings(void);
 
 /* SSL_get_rc4_state sets |*read_key| and |*write_key| to the RC4 states for
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_lib.c b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
index 988b3a14..5e322d92 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
@@ -2877,3 +2877,4 @@ int SSL_CTX_sess_cb_hits(const SSL_CTX *ctx) { return 0; }
 int SSL_CTX_sess_misses(const SSL_CTX *ctx) { return 0; }
 int SSL_CTX_sess_timeouts(const SSL_CTX *ctx) { return 0; }
 int SSL_CTX_sess_cache_full(const SSL_CTX *ctx) { return 0; }
+void ERR_load_SSL_strings(void) {}