diff --git a/doc/ca-create-cert.pod b/doc/ca-create-cert.pod index 50efaf5..d1784d3 100755 --- a/doc/ca-create-cert.pod +++ b/doc/ca-create-cert.pod @@ -34,17 +34,11 @@ certificate. =head1 OPTIONS -=head2 The host or user name +=head2 The Common Name -This argument to B is mandatory, and specifies the common -name of the certificate. Depending on the type of certificate being created, -it is interpreted as either a host name or a user name. Host names are treated -as unqualified if they do not contain any dots and are fully qualified with -the value of B in this case, though the unqualified name is preserved -as an additional DNS name in the X.509v3 I extension. User names -are treated as unqualified if they do not contain an "@" symbol and are fully -qualified with the value of B in this case, yielding a CN like -I assuming B was set to I. +This argument to B is mandatory, and specifies the common name +of the certificate. Depending on the type of certificate being created, it is +interpreted as either a host name or a user name. =head2 General options