-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.54 2002/06/19 00:27:55 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.56 2003/03/28 10:11:43 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
.Nd authentication key generation, management and conversion
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-keygen
+.Bk -words
.Op Fl q
.Op Fl b Ar bits
.Fl t Ar type
.Op Fl N Ar new_passphrase
.Op Fl C Ar comment
.Op Fl f Ar output_keyfile
+.Ek
.Nm ssh-keygen
.Fl p
.Op Fl P Ar old_passphrase
.It Fl b Ar bits
Specifies the number of bits in the key to create.
Minimum is 512 bits.
-Generally 1024 bits is considered sufficient, and key sizes
-above that no longer improve security but make things slower.
+Generally, 1024 bits is considered sufficient.
The default is 1024 bits.
.It Fl c
Requests changing the comment in the private and public key files.