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diff --git a/contrib/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_passphrase.8 b/contrib/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_passphrase.8
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--- a/contrib/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_passphrase.8
+++ b/contrib/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_passphrase.8
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "WPA_PASSPHRASE" "8" "08 February 2006" "" ""
+.TH "WPA_PASSPHRASE" "8" "28 May 2007" "" ""
.SH NAME
-wpa_passphrase \- Set WPA passphrase for a SSID
+wpa_passphrase \- Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBwpa_passphrase\fR [ \fB\fIssid\fB\fR ] [ \fB\fIpassphrase\fB\fR ]
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ wpa_passphrase \- Set WPA passphrase for a SSID
.PP
\fBwpa_passphrase\fR pre-computes PSK entries for
network configuration blocks of a
-\fIwpa_supplicant.conf\fR file.
+\fIwpa_supplicant.conf\fR file. An ASCII passphrase
+and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fBssid\fR
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ passphrase will be read from standard input.
.SH "LEGAL"
.PP
wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2005,
-Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi> and
+Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and
contributors.
All Rights Reserved.
.PP
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