docs for explicit backend selection and document name attribute of backend
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
index 404573a..042ee87 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 .. data:: cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.backend
 
-    This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has no public attributes.    
+    This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has one public attribute.
+
+    .. attribute:: name
+
+    The string name of the backend.
 
 Using your own OpenSSL on Linux
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