1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1
index 74b3124f5..37a4fc2b2 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.1
+++ b/ssh-keygen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.129 2015/11/13 04:34:15 djm Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.130 2016/02/17 07:38:19 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 13 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 17 2016 $
 .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -141,8 +141,12 @@
 generates, manages and converts authentication keys for
 .Xr ssh 1 .
 .Nm
-can create RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 1 and
-DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519 or RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 2.
+can create keys for use by SSH protocol versions 1 and 2.
+Protocol 1 should not be used
+and is only offered to support legacy devices.
+It suffers from a number of cryptographic weaknesses
+and doesn't support many of the advanced features available for protocol 2.
+.Pp
 The type of key to be generated is specified with the
 .Fl t
 option.
@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ At present, no options are valid for host keys.
 .It Fl o
 Causes
 .Nm
-to save SSH protocol 2 private keys using the new OpenSSH format rather than
+to save private keys using the new OpenSSH format rather than
 the more compatible PEM format.
 The new format has increased resistance to brute-force password cracking
 but is not supported by versions of OpenSSH prior to 6.5.