From b8ccbff413de5b1000cdc65ba25ff46c6ccaec66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 17:52:04 -0400
Subject: doc: point out use of @filename for specifying password (fixes #198)

---
 manual/qpdf-manual.xml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'manual')

diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index 83b4c429..0c8a3291 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ make
       <term><option>--password=password</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Specifies a password for accessing encrypted files.
+        Specifies a password for accessing encrypted files. Note that
+        you can use <option>@filename</option> or <option>@-</option>
+        as described above to put the password in a file or pass it
+        via standard input so you can avoid specifying it on the
+        command line.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
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