diff --git a/hmactest.c b/hmactest.c
index 2ffe35e..fe9b4c2 100644
--- a/hmactest.c
+++ b/hmactest.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_sha256_compute(hmac_sha256_context, msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
     
     printf("HMAC-SHA256: ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha256_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_sha256_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha256_result(hmac_sha256_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_sha256_result(hmac_sha256_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
         
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_sha1_compute(hmac_sha1_context, msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
     
     printf("HMAC-SHA1:   ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha1_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_sha1_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha1_result(hmac_sha1_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_sha1_result(hmac_sha1_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_md5_compute(hmac_md5_context, msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
     
     printf("HMAC-MD5:    ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md5_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_md5_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md5_result(hmac_md5_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_md5_result(hmac_md5_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_md4_compute(hmac_md4_context, msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
     
     printf("HMAC-MD4:    ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md4_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_md4_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md4_result(hmac_md4_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_md4_result(hmac_md4_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_sha256_finalize(hmac_sha256_context);
     
     printf("HMAC-SHA256 (incremental calculation): ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha256_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_sha256_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha256_result(hmac_sha256_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_sha256_result(hmac_sha256_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_sha1_finalize(hmac_sha1_context);
     
     printf("HMAC-SHA1 (incremental calculation): ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha1_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_sha1_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_sha1_result(hmac_sha1_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_sha1_result(hmac_sha1_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_md5_finalize(hmac_md5_context);
     
     printf("HMAC-MD5 (incremental calculation): ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md5_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_md5_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md5_result(hmac_md5_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_md5_result(hmac_md5_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ int main(void) {
     hmac_md4_finalize(hmac_md4_context);
     
     printf("HMAC-MD4 (incremental calculation): ");
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md4_context->u[0].ctx.hash); i++) {
-        printf("%02x", hmac_md4_context->u[0].ctx.hash[i]);
+    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(hmac_md4_result(hmac_md4_context)); i++) {
+        printf("%02x", hmac_md4_result(hmac_md4_context)[i]);
     }
     printf("\n");
 }
diff --git a/md4.h b/md4.h
index 2909e53..31a5867 100644
--- a/md4.h
+++ b/md4.h
@@ -77,15 +77,19 @@ void hmac_md4_update(struct hmac_md4_context *context,
 
 /*
  * Finish HMAC-MD4 processing and generate the final HMAC.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  */
 void hmac_md4_finalize(struct hmac_md4_context *context);
 
 /*
  * Compute the HMAC-MD4 of a message as a single operation.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  * The context can be reused for multiple hmac_md4_compute operations.
  */
 void hmac_md4_compute(struct hmac_md4_context *context,
                       const unsigned char *message,
                       unsigned long message_length);
+
+/*
+ * Get the result of an HMAC-MD4 computation following hmac_md4_finalize
+ * or hmac_md4_compute.
+ */
+#define hmac_md4_result(context) ((context)->u[0].ctx.hash)
diff --git a/md5.h b/md5.h
index 282184d..3e3db53 100644
--- a/md5.h
+++ b/md5.h
@@ -77,15 +77,19 @@ void hmac_md5_update(struct hmac_md5_context *context,
 
 /*
  * Finish HMAC-MD5 processing and generate the final HMAC.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  */
 void hmac_md5_finalize(struct hmac_md5_context *context);
 
 /*
  * Compute the HMAC-MD5 of a message as a single operation.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  * The context can be reused for multiple hmac_md5_compute operations.
  */
 void hmac_md5_compute(struct hmac_md5_context *context,
                       const unsigned char *message,
                       unsigned long message_length);
+
+/*
+ * Get the result of an HMAC-MD5 computation following hmac_md5_finalize
+ * or hmac_md5_compute.
+ */
+#define hmac_md5_result(context) ((context)->u[0].ctx.hash)
diff --git a/sha1.h b/sha1.h
index d21668a..2cb7f22 100644
--- a/sha1.h
+++ b/sha1.h
@@ -77,15 +77,19 @@ void hmac_sha1_update(struct hmac_sha1_context *context,
 
 /*
  * Finish HMAC-SHA1 processing and generate the final HMAC.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  */
 void hmac_sha1_finalize(struct hmac_sha1_context *context);
 
 /*
  * Compute the HMAC-SHA1 of a message as a single operation.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  * The context can be reused for multiple hmac_sha1_compute operations.
  */
 void hmac_sha1_compute(struct hmac_sha1_context *context,
                        const unsigned char *message,
                        unsigned long message_length);
+
+/*
+ * Get the result of an HMAC-SHA1 computation following hmac_sha1_finalize
+ * or hmac_sha1_compute.
+ */
+#define hmac_sha1_result(context) ((context)->u[0].ctx.hash)
diff --git a/sha256.h b/sha256.h
index af87673..226d852 100644
--- a/sha256.h
+++ b/sha256.h
@@ -85,15 +85,19 @@ void hmac_sha256_update(struct hmac_sha256_context *context,
 
 /*
  * Finish HMAC-SHA256 processing and generate the final HMAC.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  */
 void hmac_sha256_finalize(struct hmac_sha256_context *context);
 
 /*
  * Compute the HMAC-SHA256 of a message as a single operation.
- * The result will be in context->u[0].ctx.hash.
  * The context can be reused for multiple hmac_sha256_compute operations.
  */
 void hmac_sha256_compute(struct hmac_sha256_context *context,
                          const unsigned char *message,
                          unsigned long message_length);
+
+/*
+ * Get the result of an HMAC-SHA256 computation following hmac_sha256_finalize
+ * or hmac_sha256_compute.
+ */
+#define hmac_sha256_result(context) ((context)->u[0].ctx.hash)