From 0b2d4755d67eece48d1f705daa04de2be651c1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dr. Stephen Henson" Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 15:02:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Correct documentation on digest used. RT#4302 Reviewed-by: Viktor Dukhovni --- doc/apps/x509.pod | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/apps/x509.pod b/doc/apps/x509.pod index 2dc225bc09..30b770beb7 100644 --- a/doc/apps/x509.pod +++ b/doc/apps/x509.pod @@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ the digest to use. This affects any signing or display option that uses a message digest, such as the B<-fingerprint>, B<-signkey> and B<-CA> options. Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B command can be used. -If not specified then SHA1 is used. -Note that if a DSA key is used for signing, then this flag is ignored -and SHA1 is used. +If not specified then SHA1 is used with B<-fingerprint> or +the default digest for the signing algorithm is used, typically SHA256. =item B<-engine id> -- 2.34.1