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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man1/openssl-ca.pod.in')
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-ca.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-ca.pod.in index 8442c4450b..68da77d349 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-ca.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-ca.pod.in @@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ and all certificates will be certified automatically. The section of the configuration file containing certificate extensions to be added when a certificate is issued (defaults to B<x509_extensions> -unless the B<-extfile> option is used). If no extension section is -present then, a V1 certificate is created. If the extension section -is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created. See the -L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the +unless the B<-extfile> option is used). +If no X.509 extensions are specified then a V1 certificate is created, +else a V3 certificate is created. +See the L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the extension section format. =item B<-extfile> I<file> @@ -540,11 +540,11 @@ present, it must contain a valid CRL number. =item B<x509_extensions> -The same as B<-extensions>. +A fallback to the B<-extensions> option. =item B<crl_extensions> -The same as B<-crlexts>. +A fallback to the B<-crlexts> option. =item B<preserve> |