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@@ -8536,6 +8536,13 @@ start of a portion of the string that is interpreted and replaced as described
 below in section &<<SECTexpansionitems>>& onwards. Backslash is used as an
 escape character, as described in the following section.
 
+Whether a string is expanded depends upon the context.  Usually this is solely
+dependent upon the option for which a value is sought; in this documentation,
+options for which string expansion is performed are marked with &dagger; after
+the data type.  ACL rules always expand strings.  A couple of expansion
+conditions do not expand some of the brace-delimited branches, for security
+reasons.
+
 
 
 .section "Literal text in expanded strings" "SECTlittext"
@@ -9917,6 +9924,10 @@ lower case), signifying multiplication by 1024 or 1024*1024, respectively.
 As a special case, the numerical value of an empty string is taken as
 zero.
 
+In all cases, a relative comparator OP is testing if <&'string1'&> OP
+<&'string2'&>; the above example is checking if &$message_size$& is larger than
+10M, not if 10M is larger than &$message_size$&.
+
 
 .vitem &*bool&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
 .cindex "expansion" "boolean parsing"
@@ -14351,6 +14362,61 @@ An example:
 openssl_options = -all +microsoft_big_sslv3_buffer
 .endd
 
+Possible options may include:
+.ilist
+&`all`&
+.ilist
+&`allow_unsafe_legacy_renegotiation`&
+.ilist
+&`cipher_server_preference`&
+.ilist
+&`dont_insert_empty_fragments`&
+.ilist
+&`ephemeral_rsa`&
+.ilist
+&`legacy_server_connect`&
+.ilist
+&`microsoft_big_sslv3_buffer`&
+.ilist
+&`microsoft_sess_id_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`msie_sslv2_rsa_padding`&
+.ilist
+&`netscape_challenge_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`netscape_reuse_cipher_change_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`no_compression`&
+.ilist
+&`no_session_resumption_on_renegotiation`&
+.ilist
+&`no_sslv2`&
+.ilist
+&`no_sslv3`&
+.ilist
+&`no_ticket`&
+.ilist
+&`no_tlsv1`&
+.ilist
+&`no_tlsv1_1`&
+.ilist
+&`no_tlsv1_2`&
+.ilist
+&`single_dh_use`&
+.ilist
+&`single_ecdh_use`&
+.ilist
+&`ssleay_080_client_dh_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`sslref2_reuse_cert_type_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`tls_block_padding_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`tls_d5_bug`&
+.ilist
+&`tls_rollback_bug`&
+.endlist
+
 
 .option oracle_servers main "string list" unset
 .cindex "Oracle" "server list"
@@ -24599,7 +24665,8 @@ role suffix.  For instance, &"joe/admin@EXAMPLE.ORG"&.
 .next
 .vindex "&$auth2$&"
 &$auth2$&: the &'authorization id'&, sent within SASL encapsulation after
-authentication.
+authentication.  If that was empty, this will also be set to the
+GSS Display Name.
 .endlist
 
 .wen