DOC: Improve description of 'req' app: -new, -newkey, and -keyout options

[openssl.git] / apps / req.c

diff --git a/apps/req.c b/apps/req.c
index 67cefa7e8730f19e6e56bd441efb0e5388371d85..9edb1deb9642420ef59f05452aef370fdcca2d96 100644 (file)
--- a/apps/req.c
+++ b/apps/req.c
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ const OPTIONS req_options[] = {
     {"keyout", OPT_KEYOUT, '>', "File to save newly created private key"},
     {"passin", OPT_PASSIN, 's', "Private key and certificate password source"},
     {"passout", OPT_PASSOUT, 's', "Output file pass phrase source"},
-    {"newkey", OPT_NEWKEY, 's', "Specify as type:bits"},
+    {"newkey", OPT_NEWKEY, 's',
+     "Generate new key with [<alg>:]<nbits> or <alg>[:<file>] or param:<file>"},
     {"pkeyopt", OPT_PKEYOPT, 's', "Public key options as opt:value"},
     {"sigopt", OPT_SIGOPT, 's', "Signature parameter in n:v form"},
     {"vfyopt", OPT_VFYOPT, 's', "Verification parameter in n:v form"},