From 4cbfcfdc0d3654b096553fb005df44171f1ecbff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Tripp <peter@chartio.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:03:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Replace viewing a csr example with example for creating a
 self signed certificate.

---
 pages/common/openssl.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/common/openssl.md b/pages/common/openssl.md
index 0ce7b4fdb..aca6a0e66 100644
--- a/pages/common/openssl.md
+++ b/pages/common/openssl.md
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 `openssl req -new -sha256 -key {{filename.key}} -out {{filename.csr}}`
 
-- Read contents of a signed certificate:
+- Generate a self-signed certificate from a certificate signing request valid for some number of days:
 
-`openssl x509 -text -noout -in {{certificate.crt}}`
+`openssl x509 -req -days {{days}} -in {{filename.csr}} -signkey {{filename.key}} -out {{filename.crt}}`
 
 - Display the certificate presented by an SSL/TLS server: