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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-08 13:37:08 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-08 13:37:08 +0000
commit0cd4498b8f32bb0cb60724c42aa1014f724b2f2c (patch)
tree753b054127a308a1b24821b1313355031fbc2b80 /doc/apps/dsa.pod
parentf07fb9b24be9ae2d21647257d830da565561df3b (diff)
Update docs.
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diff --git a/doc/apps/dsa.pod b/doc/apps/dsa.pod
index e6a587b729..8196df1ef0 100644
--- a/doc/apps/dsa.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/dsa.pod
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ read the output file password from the environment variable B<var>.
These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, or the
IDEA ciphers respectively before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.
If none of these options is specified the key is written in plain text. This
-means that using the B<rsa> utility to read in an encrypted key with no
+means that using the B<dsa> utility to read in an encrypted key with no
encryption option can be used to remove the pass phrase from a key, or by
setting the encryption options it can be use to add or change the pass phrase.
These options can only be used with PEM format output files.
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ this option prints out the value of the public key component of the key.
=item B<-pubin>
-by default a private key is input file with this option a public key is input
-instead.
+by default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a
+public key is read instead.
=item B<-pubout>
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ The PEM private key format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines:
+
+ -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
+ -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
+
=head1 EXAMPLES
To remove the pass phrase on a DSA private key: