[PATCH 1/4] crypt.3: wfix: encryption is not done with SHA-xxx, but with a function based on SHA-xxx.

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Signed-off-by: Konstantin Shemyak <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man3/crypt.3 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man3/crypt.3 b/man3/crypt.3
index 9edd63a..749a636 100644
--- a/man3/crypt.3
+++ b/man3/crypt.3
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ _
 .TE
 .RE
 .PP
-So $5$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP is an SHA-256 encoded
-password and $6$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP is an
-SHA-512 encoded one.
+So $5$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP and $6$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP
+contain the password encrypted correspondingly with a function
+based on SHA-256 and SHA-512.
 .PP
 "\fIsalt\fP" stands for the up to 16 characters
 following "$\fIid\fP$" in the salt.
-- 
2.7.4

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