issue-9316: Update return documentation for RAND_set_rand_engine

[openssl.git] / doc / man1 / rand.pod

diff --git a/doc/man1/rand.pod b/doc/man1/rand.pod
index 0faf6872a271f12ed719c6f9b7a5cd8556cac434..d6260ee99cac6aa97aad8c04b5cfb1712baa21fc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/rand.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/rand.pod
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
+openssl-rand,
 rand - generate pseudo-random bytes
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ rand - generate pseudo-random bytes
 B<openssl rand>
 [B<-help>]
 [B<-out> I<file>]
-[B<-rand> I<file(s)>]
+[B<-rand file...>]
+[B<-writerand file>]
 [B<-base64>]
 [B<-hex>]
 I<num>
@@ -31,18 +33,23 @@ seeding was obtained from these sources.
 
 Print out a usage message.
 
-=item B<-out> I<file>
+=item B<-out file>
 
 Write to I<file> instead of standard output.
 
-=item B<-rand> I<file(s)>
+=item B<-rand file...>
 
-Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)>)
-for seeding the random number generator.
+A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
+generator.
 Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character.
 The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
 all others.
 
+=item [B<-writerand file>]
+
+Writes random data to the specified I<file> upon exit.
+This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag.
+
 =item B<-base64>
 
 Perform base64 encoding on the output.
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ L<RAND_bytes(3)>
 
 Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.