pkey: update command line tool examples in light of deprecations.

[openssl.git] / doc / man1 / openssl-ec.pod.in

diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-ec.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-ec.pod.in
index d20b49afcf6c40e211cf8ccc811698a64034d907..ed85ca04b8dc09441e848476858e5fa4ff9d5659 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-ec.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-ec.pod.in
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ B<openssl> B<ec>
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+This command has been deprecated.
+The L<openssl-pkey(1)> command should be used instead.
+
 The L<openssl-ec(1)> 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'
@@ -142,6 +145,9 @@ This option checks the consistency of an EC private or public key.
 
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
+Examples equivalent to these can be found in the documentation for the
+non-deprecated L<openssl-pkey(1)> command.
+
 To encrypt a private key using triple DES:
 
  openssl ec -in key.pem -des3 -out keyout.pem
@@ -169,13 +175,18 @@ To change the point conversion form to B<compressed>:
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<openssl(1)>,
+L<openssl-pkey(1)>,
 L<openssl-ecparam(1)>,
 L<openssl-dsa(1)>,
 L<openssl-rsa(1)>
 
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+This command was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
+
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2003-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2003-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy