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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in index 808801348f..0eacfc51a4 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in @@ -392,7 +392,11 @@ Add a specific extension to the certificate (if B<-x509> is in use) or certificate request. The argument must have the form of a C<key=value> pair as it would appear in a config file. +If an extension is added using this option that has the same OID as one +defined in the extension section of the config file, it overrides that one. + This option can be given multiple times. +Doing so, the same key most not be given more than once. =item B<-precert> @@ -552,7 +556,7 @@ BMPStrings and UTF8Strings. This specifies the configuration file section containing a list of extensions to add to the certificate request. It can be overridden -by the B<-reqexts> command line switch. See the +by the B<-reqexts> (or B<-extensions>) command line switch. See the L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the extension section format. |