- character array with 32 hexadecimial digits
- (terminated by NUL) and parses them back into an
- 128 bit ID returned in
- <parameter>ret</parameter>.</para>
+ character string with 32 hexadecimal digits (either
+ lowercase or uppercase, terminated by
+ <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them back into a
+ 128-bit ID returned in
+ <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call
+ can also parse a 37-character string with a 128-bit ID
+ formatted as RFC UUID.</para>