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authorPauli <paul.dale@oracle.com>2017-03-30 07:38:30 +1000
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2017-03-30 14:16:41 +0200
commitc4de074e6385a86a43a30fee574e77f9dcabb022 (patch)
tree7eb54e6fb75dfa521707d049acea50f41a020f9f /doc/man1/pkey.pod
parent3cb47b4ec1514248996ca037a5e7890ea7fdc855 (diff)
Documentation updates
Fix capitilistion of list items. Wrap long lines. Add full stops to the ends of sentances. Change ciphersuite to cipher suite in all of doc. [skip ci] Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3082)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/pkey.pod b/doc/man1/pkey.pod
index 2119c70c7a..a09736d01e 100644
--- a/doc/man1/pkey.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/pkey.pod
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ prompted for.
=item B<-passin arg>
-the input file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
+The input file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)>.
=item B<-out filename>
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ filename.
=item B<-passout password>
-the output file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
+The output file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)>.
=item B<-traditional>
-normally a private key is written using standard format: this is PKCS#8 form
+Normally a private key is written using standard format: this is PKCS#8 form
with the appropriate encryption algorithm (if any). If the B<-traditional>
option is specified then the older "traditional" format is used instead.
@@ -81,31 +81,31 @@ name accepted by EVP_get_cipherbyname() is acceptable such as B<des3>.
=item B<-text>
-prints out the various public or private key components in
+Prints out the various public or private key components in
plain text in addition to the encoded version.
=item B<-text_pub>
-print out only public key components even if a private key is being processed.
+Print out only public key components even if a private key is being processed.
=item B<-noout>
-do not output the encoded version of the key.
+Do not output the encoded version of the key.
=item B<-pubin>
-by default a private key is read from the input file: with this
+By default a private key is read from the input file: with this
option a public key is read instead.
=item B<-pubout>
-by default a private key is output: with this option a public
+By default a private key is output: with this option a public
key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if
the input is a public key.
=item B<-engine id>
-specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<pkey>
+Specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<pkey>
to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ L<dsa(1)>, L<genrsa(1)>, L<gendsa(1)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 2006-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2006-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy