Hello misc,

For the ssh-keygen manpage, https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen.1:

1) We may possibly be missing "-a rounds" for the first incantation
 ssh-keygen     [-q
] [-b bits
] [-t dsa | ecdsa | ed25519 | rsa
] [-N new_passphrase
] [-C comment
] [-f output_keyfile
]
I may be wrong here, but I think the above argument list would benefit
from the inclusion of "-a rounds". It is not immediately apparent that
key generation takes "-a rounds" as an argument, although one could
argue it is on the manpage and one must read it thoroughly. I confirmed
via code that it does, and hence this request.

2) The paragraphs of "-a rounds" documentation might benefit from minor
rephrasing:
Current
"When saving a private key this option specifies the number of KDF
(key derivation function) rounds used."
Rephrased
"When saving a private key, this option specifies the number of key
derivation function (KDF) rounds used."

Current
"When screening DH-GEX candidates (using the -T command). This option
specifies the number of primality tests to perform."
Rephrased
"When screening DH-GEX candidates (using the -T command), this option
specifies the number of primality tests to perform."

P.S. I had trouble trying to phrase the subject for this mail, apologies
for the catchall.

Regards,
ab
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