Document the new SHA256 and SHA512 password generation options

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

diff --git a/doc/apps/passwd.pod b/doc/apps/passwd.pod
index 87dd8d868c5261294cfef7e1bd58b9fd831eba9d..fa11f630cf5f50a4a358ed952088f177b297ee9e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/passwd.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/passwd.pod
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ B<openssl passwd>
 [B<-crypt>]
 [B<-1>]
 [B<-apr1>]
+[B<-5>]
+[B<-6>]
 [B<-salt> I<string>]
 [B<-in> I<file>]
 [B<-stdin>]
@@ -48,6 +50,13 @@ Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm B<1>.
 
 Use the B<apr1> algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).
 
+=item B<-5>
+
+=item B<-6>
+
+Use the B<SHA256> / B<SHA512> based algorithms defined by Ulrich Drepper.
+See L<https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt>.
+
 =item B<-salt> I<string>
 
 Use the specified salt.