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authorJung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>2018-11-20 18:59:41 +0000
committerJung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>2018-11-20 18:59:41 +0000
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@@ -221,8 +221,10 @@ see L<openssl(1)/COMMAND SUMMARY>.
Sets subject name for new request or supersedes the subject name
when processing a 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 request.
=item B<-multivalue-rdn>