Note that dhparam does support X9.42

Fix other wording, too.

Fixes: #13151

Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15038)
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Rich Salz 2021-04-26 17:27:32 -04:00 committed by Pauli
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@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ B<openssl dhparam>
This command is used to manipulate DH parameter files.
See L<openssl-genpkey(1)/EXAMPLES> for examples on how to generate
a key using a named safe prime group without generating intermediate
parameters.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
@ -109,20 +113,12 @@ This option prints out the DH parameters in human readable form.
This command replaces the B<dh> and B<gendh> commands of previous
releases.
OpenSSL currently only supports the older PKCS#3 DH, not the newer X9.42
DH.
This command manipulates DH parameters not keys.
=head1 BUGS
There should be a way to generate and manipulate DH keys.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<openssl(1)>,
L<openssl-pkeyparam(1)>,
L<openssl-dsaparam(1)>
L<openssl-dsaparam(1)>,
L<openssl-genpkey(1)>.
=head1 HISTORY