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diff --git a/doc/man/gendsa.pod b/doc/man/gendsa.pod
index b702a4f387..a23e755fa8 100644
--- a/doc/man/gendsa.pod
+++ b/doc/man/gendsa.pod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ B<openssl> B<gendsa>
 [B<-des>]
 [B<-des3>]
 [B<-idea>]
-[B<-rand file:file>]
+[B<-rand file(s)>]
 [B<paramfile>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, or the
 IDEA ciphers respectively before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.
 If none of these options is specified no encryption is used.
 
-=item B<-rand file:file>
+=item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by B<:>.
+generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
+character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
+B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
 
 =item B<paramfile>