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diff --git a/doc/apps/cms.pod b/doc/apps/cms.pod
index 9a24082ba2c2..4eaedbcd34c4 100644
--- a/doc/apps/cms.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/cms.pod
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ B<openssl> B<cms>
[B<-secretkeyid id>]
[B<-econtent_type type>]
[B<-inkey file>]
+[B<-keyopt name:parameter>]
[B<-passin arg>]
[B<-rand file(s)>]
[B<cert.pem...>]
@@ -322,8 +323,13 @@ verification was successful.
=item B<-recip file>
-the recipients certificate when decrypting a message. This certificate
-must match one of the recipients of the message or an error occurs.
+when decrypting a message this specifies the recipients certificate. The
+certificate must match one of the recipients of the message or an error
+occurs.
+
+When encrypting a message this option may be used multiple times to specify
+each recipient. This form B<must> be used if customised parameters are
+required (for example to specify RSA-OAEP).
=item B<-keyid>
@@ -382,6 +388,13 @@ private key must be included in the certificate file specified with
the B<-recip> or B<-signer> file. When signing this option can be used
multiple times to specify successive keys.
+=item B<-keyopt name:opt>
+
+for signing and encryption this option can be used multiple times to
+set customised parameters for the preceding key or certificate. It can
+currently be used to set RSA-PSS for signing, RSA-OAEP for encryption
+or to modify default parameters for ECDH.
+
=item B<-passin arg>
the private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
@@ -509,6 +522,10 @@ The B<-compress> option.
The B<-secretkey> option when used with B<-encrypt>.
+The use of PSS with B<-sign>.
+
+The use of OAEP or non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt>.
+
Additionally the B<-EncryptedData_create> and B<-data_create> type cannot
be processed by the older B<smime> command.
@@ -589,6 +606,21 @@ Add a signer to an existing message:
openssl cms -resign -in mail.msg -signer newsign.pem -out mail2.msg
+Sign mail using RSA-PSS:
+
+ openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
+ -signer mycert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:pss
+
+Create encrypted mail using RSA-OAEP:
+
+ openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
+ -recip cert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:oaep
+
+Use SHA256 KDF with an ECDH certificate:
+
+ openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
+ -recip ecdhcert.pem -keyopt ecdh_kdf_md:sha256
+
=head1 BUGS
The MIME parser isn't very clever: it seems to handle most messages that I've
@@ -614,7 +646,16 @@ No revocation checking is done on the signer's certificate.
The use of multiple B<-signer> options and the B<-resign> command were first
added in OpenSSL 1.0.0
+The B<keyopt> option was first added in OpenSSL 1.1.0
+
+The use of B<-recip> to specify the recipient when encrypting mail was first
+added to OpenSSL 1.1.0
+
+Support for RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS was first added to OpenSSL 1.1.0.
+
+The use of non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> was first added
+to OpenSSL 1.1.0.
-The -no_alt_chains options was first added to OpenSSL 1.0.1n and 1.0.2b.
+The -no_alt_chains options was first added to OpenSSL 1.0.2b.
=cut