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diff --git a/doc/man1/ca.pod b/doc/man1/ca.pod
index c09f98e96f..1b5f657318 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ca.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ca.pod
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ The number of days to certify the certificate for.
 =item B<-md alg>
 
 The message digest to use.
-Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used.
-This option also applies to CRLs.
+Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used. For signing
+algorithms that do not support a digest (i.e. Ed25519 and Ed448) any message
+digest that is set is ignored. This option also applies to CRLs.
 
 =item B<-policy arg>
 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ 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. See the:w
+is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created. See the
 L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
 extension section format.
 
@@ -249,8 +250,10 @@ for all available algorithms.
 =item B<-subj arg>
 
 Supersedes subject name given in the request.
-The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>,
-characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped.
+The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>.
+Keyword characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), and whitespace is retained.
+Empty values are permitted, but the corresponding type will not be included
+in the resulting certificate.
 
 =item B<-utf8>
 
@@ -452,7 +455,8 @@ least one of these must be present to generate a CRL.
 
 =item B<default_md>
 
-The same as the B<-md> option. Mandatory.
+The same as the B<-md> option. Mandatory except where the signing algorithm does
+not require a digest (i.e. Ed25519 and Ed448).
 
 =item B<database>
 
@@ -749,7 +753,7 @@ L<config(5)>, L<x509v3_config(5)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
 Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy