Fixed a bunch of typos in the docs

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / ec.pod

diff --git a/doc/apps/ec.pod b/doc/apps/ec.pod
index ebc49ea092327e0c1b4e6b8b1b780eea7d3f7145..befb93c6ec0937a35e98c37063603a2391c60068 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/ec.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/ec.pod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ec - EC key processing
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
 B<openssl> B<ec>
+[B<-help>]
 [B<-inform PEM|DER>]
 [B<-outform PEM|DER>]
 [B<-in filename>]
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ B<openssl> B<ec>
 [B<-pubout>]
 [B<-conv_form arg>]
 [B<-param_enc arg>]
+[B<-no_public>]
+[B<-check>]
 [B<-engine id>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,13 +33,17 @@ B<openssl> B<ec>
 The B<ec> command processes EC keys. They can be converted between various
 forms and their components printed out. B<Note> OpenSSL uses the 
 private key format specified in 'SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography'
-(http://www.secg.org/). To convert a OpenSSL EC private key into the
+(http://www.secg.org/). To convert an OpenSSL EC private key into the
 PKCS#8 private key format use the B<pkcs8> command.
 
 =head1 COMMAND OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
 
+=item B<-help>
+
+Print out a usage message.
+
 =item B<-inform DER|PEM>
 
 This specifies the input format. The B<DER> option with a private key uses
@@ -122,12 +129,20 @@ the preprocessor macro B<OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP> at compile time.
 
 This specifies how the elliptic curve parameters are encoded.
 Possible value are: B<named_curve>, i.e. the ec parameters are
-specified by a OID, or B<explicit> where the ec parameters are
+specified by an OID, or B<explicit> where the ec parameters are
 explicitly given (see RFC 3279 for the definition of the 
 EC parameters structures). The default value is B<named_curve>.
 B<Note> the B<implicitlyCA> alternative ,as specified in RFC 3279,
 is currently not implemented in OpenSSL.
 
+=item B<-no_public>
+
+This option omits the public key components from the private key output.
+
+=item B<-check>
+
+this option checks the consistency of an EC private or public key.
+
 =item B<-engine id>
 
 specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<ec>
@@ -179,12 +194,4 @@ To change the point conversion form to B<compressed>:
 
 L<ecparam(1)>, L<dsa(1)>, L<rsa(1)>
 
-=head1 HISTORY
-
-The ec command was first introduced in OpenSSL 0.9.8.
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Nils Larsch for the OpenSSL project (http://www.openssl.org).
-
 =cut