diff --git a/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst b/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst index 7420bede43..5ecce5d0e1 100644 --- a/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst +++ b/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst @@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ Synopsis Description ~~~~~~~~~~~ -:program:`tsig-keygen` is an utility that generates keys for use in TSIG signing. -The resulting keys can be used, for example, to secure dynamic DNS updates -to a zone, or for the :iscman:`rndc` command channel. +:program:`tsig-keygen` is an utility that generates keys for use with TSIG +(Transaction Signatures) as defined in :rfc:`2845`. The resulting keys can be used, +for example, to secure dynamic DNS updates to a zone, or for the :iscman:`rndc` +command channel. A domain name can be specified on the command line to be used as the name of the generated key. If no name is specified, the default is ``tsig-key``. diff --git a/bin/dnssec/dnssec-keygen.rst b/bin/dnssec/dnssec-keygen.rst index 121ced4e02..cc721e0599 100644 --- a/bin/dnssec/dnssec-keygen.rst +++ b/bin/dnssec/dnssec-keygen.rst @@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ Description ~~~~~~~~~~~ :program:`dnssec-keygen` generates keys for DNSSEC (Secure DNS), as defined in -:rfc:`2535` and :rfc:`4034`. It can also generate keys for use with TSIG -(Transaction Signatures) as defined in :rfc:`2845`, or TKEY (Transaction -Key) as defined in :rfc:`2930`. +:rfc:`2535` and :rfc:`4034`. The ``name`` of the key is specified on the command line. For DNSSEC keys, this must match the name of the zone for which the key is being