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doc: slightly reformulate 'openssl(1)/Random State Options' section

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Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/11252)
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@ -727,11 +727,11 @@ Do not use the default store.
=head2 Random State Options
Prior to OpenSSL 3.0, it was common for applications to store information
Prior to OpenSSL 1.1.1, it was common for applications to store information
about the state of the random-number generator in a file that was loaded
at startup and rewritten upon exit. On modern operating systems, this is
generally no longer necessary as OpenSSL will seed itself from the
appropriate CPU flags, device files, and so on. These flags are still
generally no longer necessary as OpenSSL will seed itself from a trusted
entropy source provided by the operating system. These flags are still
supported for special platforms or circumstances that might require them.
It is generally an error to use the same seed file more than once and