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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 7d5b3b3cf..814afc1eb 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -11595,10 +11595,15 @@ preserve some of the authentication information in the variable
 user/password authenticator configuration might preserve the user name for use
 in the routers. Note that this is not the same information that is saved in
 &$sender_host_authenticated$&.
+
 When a message is submitted locally (that is, not over a TCP connection)
 the value of &$authenticated_id$& is normally the login name of the calling
 process. However, a trusted user can override this by means of the &%-oMai%&
 command line option.
+.new
+This second case also sets up inforamtion used by the
+&$authresults$& expansion item.
+.wen
 
 .vitem &$authenticated_fail_id$&
 .cindex "authentication" "fail" "id"
@@ -38939,6 +38944,7 @@ openssl rsa -in dkim_rsa.private -out /dev/stdout -pubout -outform PEM
 .endd
 Take the base-64 lines from the output of the second command, concatenated,
 for the DNS TXT record.
+See section 3.6 of RFC6376 for the record specification.
 
 Under GnuTLS:
 .code
@@ -38961,19 +38967,16 @@ for some transition period.
 The "_CRYPTO_SIGN_ED25519" macro will be defined if support is present
 for EC keys.
 
-As of writing, producing EC key materials is not well supported
-by the major libraries.  OpenSSL 1.1.1 and GnuTLS 3.6.0 can create private keys:
+OpenSSL 1.1.1 and GnuTLS 3.6.0 can create Ed25519 private keys:
 .code
 openssl genpkey -algorithm ed25519 -out dkim_ed25519.private
 certtool --generate-privkey --key-type=ed25519 --outfile=dkim_ed25519.private
 .endd
 
-To help in producing the required public key value for a DNS record
-the release package &_util/_& directory contains source for a utility
-buildable with GnuTLS 3.6.0;
-use it like this:
+To produce the required public key value for a DNS record:
 .code
-ed25519_privkey_pem_to_pubkey_raw_b64 dkim_ed25519.private
+openssl pkey -outform DER -pubout -in dkim_ed25519.private | tail -c +13 | base64
+certtool --load_privkey=dkim_ed25519.private --pubkey_info --outder | tail -c +13 | base64
 .endd
 .wen