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[openssl.git] / doc / man1 / openssl-asn1parse.pod

diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-asn1parse.pod b/doc/man1/openssl-asn1parse.pod
index 4b99338ccd9d556ada7ab957de27f60a213b0978..5e755596c2148c1f04d8f258b0c14576dfe81090 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-asn1parse.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-asn1parse.pod
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ END marker in a PEM file.
 
 =item B<-item> I<name>
 
-Attempt to decode and print the data as B<ASN1_ITEM> I<name>. This can be used
-to print out the fields of any supported ASN.1 structure if the type is known.
+Attempt to decode and print the data as an B<ASN1_ITEM> I<name>. This can be
+used to print out the fields of any supported ASN.1 structure if the type is
+known.
 
 =back
 
@@ -132,9 +133,9 @@ The output will typically contain lines like this:
 .....
 
 This example is part of a self-signed certificate. Each line starts with the
-offset in decimal. B<d=XX> specifies the current depth. The depth is increased
-within the scope of any SET or SEQUENCE. B<hl=XX> gives the header length
-(tag and length octets) of the current type. B<l=XX> gives the length of
+offset in decimal. C<d=XX> specifies the current depth. The depth is increased
+within the scope of any SET or SEQUENCE. C<hl=XX> gives the header length
+(tag and length octets) of the current type. C<l=XX> gives the length of
 the contents octets.
 
 The B<-i> option can be used to make the output more readable.
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@ by white space. The final column is the rest of the line and is the
 
 C<1.2.3.4       shortName       A long name>
 
+For any OID with an associated short and long name, this command will display
+the long name.
+
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 Parse a file: