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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 167208ac9..6d1802b6b 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -6756,11 +6756,13 @@ is used on its own as the result. If the lookup does not succeed, the
 &`fail`& keyword causes a &'forced expansion failure'& &-- see section
 &<<SECTforexpfai>>& for an explanation of what this means.
 
-The supported DNS record types are A, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SRV, and TXT, and,
-when Exim is compiled with IPv6 support, AAAA (and A6 if that is also
+.new
+The supported DNS record types are A, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SPF, SRV, and TXT,
+and, when Exim is compiled with IPv6 support, AAAA (and A6 if that is also
 configured). If no type is given, TXT is assumed. When the type is PTR,
 the data can be an IP address, written as normal; inversion and the addition of
 &%in-addr.arpa%& or &%ip6.arpa%& happens automatically. For example:
+.wen
 .code
 ${lookup dnsdb{ptr=192.168.4.5}{$value}fail}
 .endd
@@ -6786,10 +6788,13 @@ It is permitted to specify a space as the separator character. Further
 white space is ignored.
 
 .cindex "TXT record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
-For TXT records with multiple items of data, only the first item is returned,
+.cindex "SPF record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
+.new
+For TXT and SPF records with multiple items of data, only the first item is returned,
 unless a separator for them is specified using a comma after the separator
-character followed immediately by the TXT record item separator. To concatenate
+character followed immediately by the TXT/SPF record item separator. To concatenate
 items without a separator, use a semicolon instead.
+.wen
 .code
 ${lookup dnsdb{>\n,: txt=a.b.example}}
 ${lookup dnsdb{>\n; txt=a.b.example}}
@@ -9767,7 +9772,8 @@ supplied number and is at least 0.  The quality of this randomness depends
 on how Exim was built; the values are not suitable for keying material.
 If Exim is linked against OpenSSL then RAND_pseudo_bytes() is used.
 .new
-if Exim is linked against GnuTLS then gnutls_rnd(GNUTLS_RND_NONCE) is used.
+If Exim is linked against GnuTLS then gnutls_rnd(GNUTLS_RND_NONCE) is used,
+for versions of GnuTLS with that function.
 .wen
 Otherwise, the implementation may be arc4random(), random() seeded by
 srandomdev() or srandom(), or a custom implementation even weaker than
@@ -24959,7 +24965,8 @@ implementation, then patches are welcome.
 GnuTLS uses D-H parameters that may take a substantial amount of time
 to compute. It is unreasonable to re-compute them for every TLS session.
 Therefore, Exim keeps this data in a file in its spool directory, called
-&_gnutls-params-normal_&.
+&_gnutls-params-NNNN_& for some value of NNNN, corresponding to the number
+of bits requested.
 The file is owned by the Exim user and is readable only by
 its owner. Every Exim process that start up GnuTLS reads the D-H
 parameters from this file. If the file does not exist, the first Exim process
@@ -24978,7 +24985,7 @@ until enough randomness (entropy) is available. This may cause Exim to hang for
 a substantial amount of time, causing timeouts on incoming connections.
 
 The solution is to generate the parameters externally to Exim. They are stored
-in &_gnutls-params-normal_& in PEM format, which means that they can be
+in &_gnutls-params-N_& in PEM format, which means that they can be
 generated externally using the &(certtool)& command that is part of GnuTLS.
 
 To replace the parameters with new ones, instead of deleting the file
@@ -24986,20 +24993,27 @@ and letting Exim re-create it, you can generate new parameters using
 &(certtool)& and, when this has been done, replace Exim's cache file by
 renaming. The relevant commands are something like this:
 .code
+# ls
+[ look for file; assume gnutls-params-1024 is the most recent ]
 # rm -f new-params
 # touch new-params
 # chown exim:exim new-params
 # chmod 0600 new-params
-# certtool --generate-dh-params >>new-params
+# certtool --generate-dh-params --bits 1024 >>new-params
 # chmod 0400 new-params
-# mv new-params gnutls-params-normal
+# mv new-params gnutls-params-1024
 .endd
 If Exim never has to generate the parameters itself, the possibility of
 stalling is removed.
 
-The filename changed in Exim 4.78, to gain the -normal suffix, corresponding
-to the GnuTLS constant &`GNUTLS_SEC_PARAM_NORMAL`&, defining the number of
-bits to include.  At time of writing, NORMAL corresponds to 2432 bits for D-H.
+The filename changed in Exim 4.78, to gain the -bits suffix.  The value which
+Exim will choose depends upon the version of GnuTLS in use.  For older GnuTLS,
+the value remains hard-coded in Exim as 1024.  As of GnuTLS 2.12.x, there is
+a way for Exim to ask for the "normal" number of bits for D-H public-key usage,
+and Exim does so.  Exim thus removes itself from the policy decision, and the
+filename and bits used change as the GnuTLS maintainers change the value for
+their parameter &`GNUTLS_SEC_PARAM_NORMAL`&.  At the time of writing, this
+gives 2432 bits.
 .wen