Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod

[openssl.git] / doc / man7 / x509.pod

diff --git a/doc/man7/x509.pod b/doc/man7/x509.pod
index a8969deea1b8758970cfebc0324eababdf0176c0..065dcb14fbeb87b292b31b2ed3446bfc24194d84 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man7/x509.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/x509.pod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ x509 - X.509 certificate handling
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-A X.509 certificate is a structured grouping of information about
+An X.509 certificate is a structured grouping of information about
 an individual, a device, or anything one can imagine.  A X.509 CRL
 (certificate revocation list) is a tool to help determine if a
 certificate is still valid.  The exact definition of those can be
@@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ extension) and a few more.
 Finally, there's the supertype X509_INFO, which can contain a CRL, a
 certificate and a corresponding private key.
 
-B<X509_>I<...>, B<d2i_X509_>I<...> and B<i2d_X509_>I<...> handle X.509
-certificates, with some exceptions, shown below.
+B<X509_>I<XXX>, B<d2i_X509_>I<XXX>, and B<i2d_X509_>I<XXX> functions
+handle X.509 certificates, with some exceptions, shown below.
 
-B<X509_CRL_>I<...>, B<d2i_X509_CRL_>I<...> and B<i2d_X509_CRL_>I<...>
-handle X.509 CRLs.
+B<X509_CRL_>I<XXX>, B<d2i_X509_CRL_>I<XXX>, and B<i2d_X509_CRL_>I<XXX>
+functions handle X.509 CRLs.
 
-B<X509_REQ_>I<...>, B<d2i_X509_REQ_>I<...> and B<i2d_X509_REQ_>I<...>
-handle PKCS#10 certificate requests.
+B<X509_REQ_>I<XXX>, B<d2i_X509_REQ_>I<XXX>, and B<i2d_X509_REQ_>I<XXX>
+functions handle PKCS#10 certificate requests.
 
-B<X509_NAME_>I<...> handle certificate names.
+B<X509_NAME_>I<XXX> functions handle certificate names.
 
-B<X509_ATTRIBUTE_>I<...> handle certificate attributes.
+B<X509_ATTRIBUTE_>I<XXX> functions handle certificate attributes.
 
-B<X509_EXTENSION_>I<...> handle certificate extensions.
+B<X509_EXTENSION_>I<XXX> functions handle certificate extensions.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ L<d2i_X509_CRL(3)>,
 L<d2i_X509_NAME(3)>,
 L<d2i_X509_REQ(3)>,
 L<d2i_X509_SIG(3)>,
-L<crypto(3)>,
-L<x509v3(3)>
+L<X509v3(3)>,
+L<crypto(7)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2003-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2003-2017 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