diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 043b596d..215398a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ OBJLIST =									\
 	${OBJDIR}win32_pthread_getspecific${OBJEXT}				\
 	${OBJDIR}win32_pthread_key_create${OBJEXT}				\
 	${OBJDIR}win32_pthread_key_delete${OBJEXT}				\
-	${OBJDIR}win32_pthread_mutex_destroy${OBJEXT}				\
+	${OBJDIR}httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy${OBJEXT}				\
 	${OBJDIR}httplib_pthread_mutex_init${OBJEXT}				\
 	${OBJDIR}httplib_pthread_mutex_lock${OBJEXT}				\
 	${OBJDIR}httplib_pthread_mutex_trylock${OBJEXT}				\
@@ -1436,8 +1436,7 @@ ${OBJDIR}win32_pthread_key_delete${OBJEXT}				: ${SRCDIR}win32_pthread_key_delet
 									  ${SRCDIR}httplib_main.h					\
 									  ${INCDIR}libhttp.h
 
-${OBJDIR}win32_pthread_mutex_destroy${OBJEXT}				: ${SRCDIR}win32_pthread_mutex_destroy.c			\
-									  ${SRCDIR}httplib_pthread.h					\
+${OBJDIR}httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy${OBJEXT}				: ${SRCDIR}httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.c			\
 									  ${SRCDIR}httplib_main.h					\
 									  ${INCDIR}libhttp.h
 
diff --git a/doc/api/httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.md b/doc/api/httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faa953b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# LibHTTP API Reference
+
+### `httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( mutex );`
+
+### Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Type | Description |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+|**`mutex`**|`pthread_mutex_t`|The key to the mutex to destroy|
+
+### Return Value
+
+| Type | Description |
+| :--- | :--- |
+|`int`|Integer value with the result of the function|
+
+### Description
+
+The platform independent function `httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy()` destroys a mutex and frees the allocated resources. The function returns **0** if this is successful, or an error code if it fails. If a mutex is locked by another thread the function will return with an error code. On systems which support it, this function is implemented as a wrapper around `pthread_mutex_destroy()`. On other systems own code is used to emulate the same functionality.
+
+### See Also
+
+* [`httplib_pthread_mutex_init();`](httplib_pthread_mutex_init.md)
+* [`httplib_pthread_mutex_lock();`](httplib_pthread_mutex_lock.md)
+* [`httplib_pthread_mutex_trylock();`](httplib_pthread_mutex_trylock.md)
+* [`httplib_pthread_mutex_unlock();`](httplib_pthread_mutex_unlock.md)
diff --git a/include/libhttp.h b/include/libhttp.h
index ab3bd37a..03fda20b 100644
--- a/include/libhttp.h
+++ b/include/libhttp.h
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_kill( pid_t pid, int sig_num );
 LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_mkdir( const char *path, int mode );
 LIBHTTP_API DIR *		httplib_opendir( const char *name );
 LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_poll( struct pollfd *pfd, unsigned int nfds, int timeout );
+LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( pthread_mutex_t *mutex );
 LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_pthread_mutex_init( pthread_mutex_t *mutex, const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr );
 LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_pthread_mutex_lock( pthread_mutex_t *mutex );
 LIBHTTP_API int			httplib_pthread_mutex_trylock( pthread_mutex_t *mutex );
diff --git a/src/httplib_close_connection.c b/src/httplib_close_connection.c
index 909e7376..63a337d6 100644
--- a/src/httplib_close_connection.c
+++ b/src/httplib_close_connection.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void httplib_close_connection( struct httplib_connection *conn ) {
 
 		httplib_free( client_ctx->workerthreadids );
 		httplib_free( client_ctx                  );
-		pthread_mutex_destroy( & conn->mutex );
+		httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & conn->mutex );
 		httplib_free( conn );
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/httplib_event_queue.c b/src/httplib_event_queue.c
index a5b0524a..e25b32c8 100644
--- a/src/httplib_event_queue.c
+++ b/src/httplib_event_queue.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void *event_create(void) {
 	}
 	if (0 != pthread_cond_init(&(ret->cond), NULL)) {
 		/* pthread cond not available */
-		pthread_mutex_destroy(&(ret->mutex));
+		httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & ret->mutex );
 		XX_httplib_free(ret);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void event_destroy(void *eventhdl) {
 
 	struct posix_event *ev = (struct posix_event *)eventhdl;
 	pthread_cond_destroy(&(ev->cond));
-	pthread_mutex_destroy(&(ev->mutex));
+	httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & ev->mutex );
 	XX_httplib_free(ev);
 
 }  /* event_destroy */
diff --git a/src/httplib_free_context.c b/src/httplib_free_context.c
index d29f8d8a..291cb373 100644
--- a/src/httplib_free_context.c
+++ b/src/httplib_free_context.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void XX_httplib_free_context( struct httplib_context *ctx ) {
 	/* All threads exited, no sync is needed. Destroy thread mutex and
 	 * condvars
 	 */
-	pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->thread_mutex);
+	httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & ctx->thread_mutex );
 #if defined(ALTERNATIVE_QUEUE)
 	XX_httplib_free(ctx->client_socks);
 	for (i = 0; (unsigned)i < ctx->cfg_worker_threads; i++) {
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ void XX_httplib_free_context( struct httplib_context *ctx ) {
 #endif
 
 	/* Destroy other context global data structures mutex */
-	pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->nonce_mutex);
+	httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & ctx->nonce_mutex );
 
 #if defined(USE_TIMERS)
-	timers_exit(ctx);
+	timers_exit( ctx );
 #endif
 
 	/* Deallocate config parameters */
diff --git a/src/httplib_pthread.h b/src/httplib_pthread.h
index 4122c3b9..c1b9cdfd 100644
--- a/src/httplib_pthread.h
+++ b/src/httplib_pthread.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ int		pthread_cond_wait( pthread_cond_t *cv, pthread_mutex_t *mutex );
 int		pthread_key_create( pthread_key_t *key, void (*_ignored)(void *) );
 int		pthread_key_delete( pthread_key_t key );
 
-int		pthread_mutex_destroy( pthread_mutex_t *mutex );
-
 void *		pthread_getspecific( pthread_key_t key );
 
 #endif  /* _WIN32 */
diff --git a/src/win32_pthread_mutex_destroy.c b/src/httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.c
similarity index 66%
rename from src/win32_pthread_mutex_destroy.c
rename to src/httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.c
index f22214fb..1e769de1 100644
--- a/src/win32_pthread_mutex_destroy.c
+++ b/src/httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy.c
@@ -22,18 +22,31 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  *
  * ============
- * Release: 1.8
+ * Release: 2.0
  */
 
 #include "httplib_main.h"
-#include "httplib_pthread.h"
+
+/*
+ * int httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( pthread_mutex_t *mutex );
+ *
+ * The function httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy() provides a platform independent
+ * way to destroy a mutex. The function returns 0 when successful, and a non
+ * zero value if an error occures. On systems which support it the function is
+ * implemented as a wrapper around pthread_mutex_destroy(). On other systems
+ * own code is used with equivalent functionality.
+ */
+
+int httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( pthread_mutex_t *mutex ) {
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 
-int pthread_mutex_destroy( pthread_mutex_t *mutex ) {
+	return ( CloseHandle( *mutex ) == 0 ) ? -1 : 0;
 
-	return ( CloseHandle(*mutex) == 0 ) ? -1 : 0;
+#else  /* _WIN32 */
 
-}  /* pthread_mutex_destroy */
+	return pthread_mutex_destroy( mutex );
 
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
+
+}  /* httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy */
diff --git a/src/httplib_timer.c b/src/httplib_timer.c
index 216613e9..29d09e4b 100644
--- a/src/httplib_timer.c
+++ b/src/httplib_timer.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void timers_exit( struct httplib_context *ctx ) {
 
 	if ( ctx->timers != NULL ) {
 
-		pthread_mutex_destroy( & ctx->timers->mutex );
+		httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & ctx->timers->mutex );
 		httplib_free( ctx->timers );
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/httplib_uninitialize_ssl.c b/src/httplib_uninitialize_ssl.c
index b49ce3b5..e5f9eea2 100644
--- a/src/httplib_uninitialize_ssl.c
+++ b/src/httplib_uninitialize_ssl.c
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
 #if !defined(NO_SSL)
 void XX_httplib_uninitialize_ssl( struct httplib_context *ctx ) {
 
+	UNUSED_PARAMETER(ctx);
+
 	int i;
-	(void)ctx;
 
 	if (httplib_atomic_dec(&XX_httplib_cryptolib_users) == 0) {
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ void XX_httplib_uninitialize_ssl( struct httplib_context *ctx ) {
 		ERR_remove_state(0);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < CRYPTO_num_locks(); i++) {
-			pthread_mutex_destroy(&XX_httplib_ssl_mutexes[i]);
+			httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & XX_httplib_ssl_mutexes[i] );
 		}
 		httplib_free( XX_httplib_ssl_mutexes );
 		XX_httplib_ssl_mutexes = NULL;
diff --git a/src/httplib_worker_thread.c b/src/httplib_worker_thread.c
index 122bd121..ac63c872 100644
--- a/src/httplib_worker_thread.c
+++ b/src/httplib_worker_thread.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void *worker_thread_run( struct worker_thread_args *thread_args ) {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 	CloseHandle( tls.pthread_cond_helper_mutex );
 #endif
-	pthread_mutex_destroy( & conn->mutex );
+	httplib_pthread_mutex_destroy( & conn->mutex );
 	httplib_free( conn );
 
 	return NULL;