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diff --git a/openvpn.8 b/openvpn.8
index 037ba7e..1953b16 100644
--- a/openvpn.8
+++ b/openvpn.8
@@ -4457,7 +4457,7 @@ or
.B --tls-verify.
.\"*********************************************************
.TP
-.B --crl-verify crl
+.B --crl-verify crl ['dir']
Check peer certificate against the file
.B crl
in PEM format.
@@ -4473,6 +4473,16 @@ overall integrity of the PKI.
The only time when it would be necessary to rebuild the entire PKI from scratch would be
if the root certificate key itself was compromised.
+
+If the optional
+.B dir
+flag is specified, enable a different mode where
+.B crl
+is a directory containing files named as revoked serial numbers
+(the files may be empty, the contents are never read). If a client
+requests a connection, where the client certificate serial number
+(decimal string) is the name of a file present in the directory,
+it will be rejected.
.\"*********************************************************
.SS SSL Library information:
.\"*********************************************************