Commit c7b2832632 for openssl.org
commit c7b283263290e5bbcb3aa64af5e983ae73106268
Author: kovan <xaum.io@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Feb 2 15:47:35 2026 +0100
doc: document PKCS12 password prompting for certificates
Document that commands reading certificates from PKCS#12 files may
prompt for a password. The existing documentation only mentioned
password prompting for private keys.
Fixes #21292
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.foundation>
MergeDate: Fri Apr 3 15:52:28 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29918)
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod b/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod
index b85b34a682..17d305ef06 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ A binary format, encoded or parsed according to Distinguished Encoding Rules
A DER-encoded file containing a PKCS#12 object.
It might be necessary to provide a decryption password to retrieve
-the private key.
+the private key or certificate.
=item B<PEM>