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diff --git a/doc/man1/dsa.pod b/doc/man1/dsa.pod index b85298773e..2f8df0c3eb 100644 --- a/doc/man1/dsa.pod +++ b/doc/man1/dsa.pod @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ 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> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ filename. =item B<-passout arg> -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<-aes128|-aes192|-aes256|-aria128|-aria192|-aria256|-camellia128|-camellia192|-camellia256|-des|-des3|-idea> @@ -100,30 +100,30 @@ These options can only be used with PEM format output files. =item B<-text> -prints out the public, private key components and parameters. +Prints out the public, private key components and parameters. =item B<-noout> -this option prevents output of the encoded version of the key. +This option prevents output of the encoded version of the key. =item B<-modulus> -this option prints out the value of the public key component of the key. +This option prints out the value of the public key component of the key. =item B<-pubin> -by default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a +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<dsa> +Specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<dsa> 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. |