Merge from 1.0.0-stable branch.

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / ca.pod

diff --git a/doc/apps/ca.pod b/doc/apps/ca.pod
index 5618c2dc9d2e187ae5fcc132c046bfbeabdaad14..2ffffaaab0bf8dd77dc4d83ef6ccc44b285bebe0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/ca.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/ca.pod
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ the section of the configuration file containing certificate extensions
 to be added when a certificate is issued (defaults to B<x509_extensions>
 unless the B<-extfile> option is used). If no extension section is
 present then, a V1 certificate is created. If the extension section
-is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created.
+is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created. See the:w
+L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
+extension section format.
 
 =item B<-extfile file>
 
@@ -299,7 +301,9 @@ include. If no CRL extension section is present then a V1 CRL is
 created, if the CRL extension section is present (even if it is
 empty) then a V2 CRL is created. The CRL extensions specified are
 CRL extensions and B<not> CRL entry extensions.  It should be noted
-that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs. 
+that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs. See
+L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
+extension section format.
 
 =back
 
@@ -666,6 +670,6 @@ then even if a certificate is issued with CA:TRUE it will not be valid.
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<req(1)|req(1)>, L<spkac(1)|spkac(1)>, L<x509(1)|x509(1)>, L<CA.pl(1)|CA.pl(1)>,
-L<config(5)|config(5)>
+L<config(5)|config(5)>, L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)> 
 
 =cut