Centralize documentation about config file location

[openssl.git] / doc / man1 / CA.pl.pod

diff --git a/doc/man1/CA.pl.pod b/doc/man1/CA.pl.pod
index 727cce12c7a17383d9938ae4f0951dea664111b4..a7f3970cb003e79e002298fa4dd7e8514ea10ead 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/CA.pl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/CA.pl.pod
@@ -191,18 +191,12 @@ be wrong. In this case the command:
  perl -S CA.pl
 
 can be used and the B<OPENSSL_CONF> environment variable changed to point to
-the correct path of the configuration file "openssl.cnf".
+the correct path of the configuration file.
 
 The script is intended as a simple front end for the B<openssl> program for use
 by a beginner. Its behaviour isn't always what is wanted. For more control over the
 behaviour of the certificate commands call the B<openssl> command directly.
 
-=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
-The variable B<OPENSSL_CONF> if defined allows an alternative configuration
-file location to be specified, it should contain the full path to the
-configuration file, not just its directory.
-
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<x509(1)>, L<ca(1)>, L<req(1)>, L<pkcs12(1)>,