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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index bd45b0422..35bb9a810 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -196,11 +196,13 @@ Make a detached signature. @item --encrypt @itemx -e @opindex encrypt -Encrypt data. This command may be combined with @option{--sign} (to -sign and encrypt a message), @option{--symmetric} (to encrypt a -message that can decrypted using a secret key or a passphrase), or -@option{--sign} and @option{--symmetric} together (for a signed -message that can be decrypted using a secret key or a passphrase). +Encrypt data to one or more public keys. This command may be combined +with @option{--sign} (to sign and encrypt a message), +@option{--symmetric} (to encrypt a message that can decrypted using a +secret key or a passphrase), or @option{--sign} and +@option{--symmetric} together (for a signed message that can be +decrypted using a secret key or a passphrase). @option{--recipient} +and related options specify which public keys to use for encryption. @item --symmetric @itemx -c |