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[openssl.git] / doc / man1 / dgst.pod

diff --git a/doc/man1/dgst.pod b/doc/man1/dgst.pod
index 3f1b02ca5154cd27c804ee8c14211c7574a62f11..9faaf346b1b438d6b5f3b6d1ba175a2ef1dc5b99 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/dgst.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/dgst.pod
@@ -59,34 +59,34 @@ supported digests, use the command I<list --digest-commands>.
 
 =item B<-c>
 
-print out the digest in two digit groups separated by colons, only relevant if
+Print out the digest in two digit groups separated by colons, only relevant if
 B<hex> format output is used.
 
 =item B<-d>
 
-print out BIO debugging information.
+Print out BIO debugging information.
 
 =item B<-hex>
 
-digest is to be output as a hex dump. This is the default case for a "normal"
+Digest is to be output as a hex dump. This is the default case for a "normal"
 digest as opposed to a digital signature.  See NOTES below for digital
 signatures using B<-hex>.
 
 =item B<-binary>
 
-output the digest or signature in binary form.
+Output the digest or signature in binary form.
 
 =item B<-r>
 
-output the digest in the "coreutils" format used by programs like B<sha1sum>.
+Output the digest in the "coreutils" format used by programs like B<sha1sum>.
 
 =item B<-out filename>
 
-filename to output to, or standard output by default.
+Filename to output to, or standard output by default.
 
 =item B<-sign filename>
 
-digitally sign the digest using the private key in "filename".
+Digitally sign the digest using the private key in "filename".
 
 =item B<-keyform arg>
 
@@ -98,32 +98,31 @@ and ENGINE formats are supported.
 Pass options to the signature algorithm during sign or verify operations.
 Names and values of these options are algorithm-specific.
 
-
 =item B<-passin arg>
 
-the private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
+The private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
 see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)>.
 
 =item B<-verify filename>
 
-verify the signature using the public key in "filename".
+Verify the signature using the public key in "filename".
 The output is either "Verification OK" or "Verification Failure".
 
 =item B<-prverify filename>
 
-verify the signature using the private key in "filename".
+Verify the signature using the private key in "filename".
 
 =item B<-signature filename>
 
-the actual signature to verify.
+The actual signature to verify.
 
 =item B<-hmac key>
 
-create a hashed MAC using "key".
+Create a hashed MAC using "key".
 
 =item B<-mac alg>
 
-create MAC (keyed Message Authentication Code). The most popular MAC
+Create MAC (keyed Message Authentication Code). The most popular MAC
 algorithm is HMAC (hash-based MAC), but there are other MAC algorithms
 which are not based on hash, for instance B<gost-mac> algorithm,
 supported by B<ccgost> engine. MAC keys and other options should be set
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ for example exactly 32 chars for gost-mac.
 
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
-a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
+A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
 generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)>).
 Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character.
 The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
@@ -160,8 +159,7 @@ all others.
 
 =item B<-fips-fingerprint>
 
-compute HMAC using a specific key
-for certain OpenSSL-FIPS operations.
+Compute HMAC using a specific key for certain OpenSSL-FIPS operations.
 
 =item B<-engine id>
 
@@ -177,7 +175,7 @@ engine B<id> for digest operations.
 
 =item B<file...>
 
-file or files to digest. If no files are specified then standard input is
+File or files to digest. If no files are specified then standard input is
 used.
 
 =back
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@ The FIPS-related options were removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
 Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy