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-rw-r--r--apps/s_client.c2
-rw-r--r--doc/man1/openssl-s_client.pod.in6
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/apps/s_client.c b/apps/s_client.c
index a0668bc927..87fb80afb7 100644
--- a/apps/s_client.c
+++ b/apps/s_client.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ const OPTIONS s_client_options[] = {
{"ssl_client_engine", OPT_SSL_CLIENT_ENGINE, 's',
"Specify engine to be used for client certificate operations"},
#endif
- {"ssl_config", OPT_SSL_CONFIG, 's', "Use specified configuration file"},
+ {"ssl_config", OPT_SSL_CONFIG, 's', "Use specified section for SSL_CTX configuration"},
#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_CT
{"ct", OPT_CT, '-', "Request and parse SCTs (also enables OCSP stapling)"},
{"noct", OPT_NOCT, '-', "Do not request or parse SCTs (default)"},
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-s_client.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-s_client.pod.in
index 712f99c9d8..78a61482ac 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-s_client.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-s_client.pod.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ openssl-s_client - SSL/TLS client program
B<openssl> B<s_client>
[B<-help>]
-[B<-ssl_config> I<file>]
+[B<-ssl_config> I<section>]
[B<-connect> I<host:port>]
[B<-host> I<hostname>]
[B<-port> I<port>]
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ manual page.
Print out a usage message.
-=item B<-ssl_config> I<filename>
+=item B<-ssl_config> I<section>
-Use the specified configuration file.
+Use the specified section of the configuration file to configure the B<SSL_CTX> object.
=item B<-connect> I<host>:I<port>