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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in | 5 |
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in index 56de841981..f73b7fbb9d 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-req.pod.in @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Print out a usage message. =item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>, B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM> -The input and formats; the default is B<PEM>. +The input and output formats; the default is B<PEM>. See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details. The data is a PKCS#10 object. @@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ See L<openssl-genpkey(1)/KEY GENERATION OPTIONS> for more details. =item B<-key> I<filename>|I<uri> -This specifies the private key to use for self-signature. +This specifies the private key to use for request self-signature +and signing certificates produced using the B<-x509> option. It also accepts PKCS#8 format private keys for PEM format files. =item B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE> |