Document the -inform, etc., in openssl.pod

[thirdparty/openssl.git] / doc / man1 / openssl-rsa.pod

diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-rsa.pod b/doc/man1/openssl-rsa.pod
index ed6505c138cf18eacc5b55f6931c47e41aba8f2c..9e1be94a26936ea05096a3a43b913ac5be86c3b4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-rsa.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-rsa.pod
@@ -54,18 +54,16 @@ L<openssl-pkcs8(1)> command.
 
 Print out a usage message.
 
-=item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
 
-This specifies the input format. The B<DER> option uses an ASN1 DER encoded
-form compatible with the PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey or SubjectPublicKeyInfo format.
-The B<PEM> form is the default format: it consists of the B<DER> format base64
-encoded with additional header and footer lines. On input PKCS#8 format private
-keys are also accepted.
+=item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>, B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
+
+The input and formats; the default is B<PEM>.
+See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
 
-=item B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
+=item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
-as the B<-inform> option.
+The data is a PKCS#1 B<RSAPrivateKey> or B<SubjectPublicKey> object.
+On input, PKCS#8 format private keys are also accepted.
 
 =item B<-in> I<filename>
 
@@ -137,23 +135,6 @@ for all available algorithms.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 NOTES
-
-The PEM private key format uses the header and footer lines:
-
- -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
- -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-
-The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines:
-
- -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
- -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
-
-The PEM B<RSAPublicKey> format uses the header and footer lines:
-
- -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
- -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
-
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 To remove the pass phrase on an RSA private key: