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authorRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2016-05-25 14:29:57 -0400
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2016-06-01 11:31:14 -0400
commit0634424f7c65d76e342eee4e3359f48d3fe2fa9a (patch)
treece27435f10e83c9d76778bd95b19a9f6805ce886 /doc/apps/openssl.pod
parentb8a9af68819f1cc51155cdeabe8bbf8242e8b3ee (diff)
Fix various doc nits.
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
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@@ -350,7 +350,22 @@ RC5 Cipher
=back
-=head1 PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS
+=head1 COMMAND OPTIONS
+
+Details of which options are available depend on the specific command.
+This section desribes some common options with common behavior.
+
+=head2 Common Options
+
+=over 10
+
+=item B<-help>
+
+Provides a terse summary of all options.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pass Phrase Options
Several commands accept password arguments, typically using B<-passin>
and B<-passout> for input and output passwords respectively. These allow