-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.39 2001/04/22 23:58:36 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.40 2001/04/23 21:57:07 markus Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for
passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment.
.It Fl e
-This option will read a private OpenSSH key file and print the key in a
+This option will read a private or public OpenSSH key file and
+print the key in a
.Sq SECSH Public Key File Format
to stdout.
This option allows exporting keys for use by several commercial