From 9597902a91075853ff7f6fb177b1b2825c85fcea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 23:19:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Tell the truth about list separators.

---
 doc/man/dsaparam.pod | 8 +++++---
 doc/man/gendh.pod    | 8 +++++---
 doc/man/gendsa.pod   | 8 +++++---
 doc/man/genrsa.pod   | 8 +++++---
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man/dsaparam.pod b/doc/man/dsaparam.pod
index bdfbb826dc..f5f3f317bd 100644
--- a/doc/man/dsaparam.pod
+++ b/doc/man/dsaparam.pod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ B<openssl dsaparam>
 [B<-noout>]
 [B<-text>]
 [B<-C>]
-[B<-rand file:file>]
+[B<-rand file(s)>]
 [B<-genkey>]
 [B<numbits>]
 
@@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ be loaded by calling the B<get_dsaXXX()> function.
 this option will generate a DSA either using the specified or generated
 parameters.
 
-=item B<-rand file:file>
+=item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by B<:>.
+generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
+character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
+B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
 
 =item B<numbits>
 
diff --git a/doc/man/gendh.pod b/doc/man/gendh.pod
index d51ebf0b44..8262622a3d 100644
--- a/doc/man/gendh.pod
+++ b/doc/man/gendh.pod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ B<openssl gendh>
 [B<-out filename>]
 [B<-2>]
 [B<-5>]
-[B<-rand file:file>]
+[B<-rand file(s)>]
 [numbits]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ a PKCS#5 DHParameter structure.
 
 The generator to use, either 2 or 5. 2 is the default.
 
-=item B<-rand file:file>
+=item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by B<:>.
+generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
+character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
+B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
 
 =item B<numbits>
 
diff --git a/doc/man/gendsa.pod b/doc/man/gendsa.pod
index b702a4f387..a23e755fa8 100644
--- a/doc/man/gendsa.pod
+++ b/doc/man/gendsa.pod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ B<openssl> B<gendsa>
 [B<-des>]
 [B<-des3>]
 [B<-idea>]
-[B<-rand file:file>]
+[B<-rand file(s)>]
 [B<paramfile>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, or the
 IDEA ciphers respectively before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.
 If none of these options is specified no encryption is used.
 
-=item B<-rand file:file>
+=item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by B<:>.
+generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
+character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
+B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
 
 =item B<paramfile>
 
diff --git a/doc/man/genrsa.pod b/doc/man/genrsa.pod
index e88ceb92f9..b224bd1fc8 100644
--- a/doc/man/genrsa.pod
+++ b/doc/man/genrsa.pod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ B<openssl> B<genrsa>
 [B<-idea>]
 [B<-f4>]
 [B<-3>]
-[B<-rand file:file>]
+[B<-rand file(s)>]
 [B<numbits>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ If none of these options is specified no encryption is used.
 
 the public exponent to use, either 65537 or 3. The default is 65537.
 
-=item B<-rand file:file>
+=item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by B<:>.
+generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
+character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
+B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
 
 =item B<numbits>
 
-- 
2.34.1