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@@ -254,9 +254,16 @@ B<--trusted-key> I<keyid>
your key.
B<-r> I<name>, B<--recipient> I<name>
- Use I<name> as the user-id for encryption.
- This option is silently ignored for the list commands,
- so that it can be used in an options file.
+ Encrypt for user id I<name>. If this option is not
+ specified, GnuPG asks for the user id.
+
+B<--encrypt-to> I<name>
+ Same as B<--recipient> but this one is intended for
+ in the options file and may be used together with
+ an own user-id as an "encrypt-to-self". These keys
+ are only used when there are other recipients given
+ either by use of --recipient or by the asked user id.
+ No trust checking is performed for these user ids.
B<-v>, B<--verbose>
Give more information during processing. If used