diff --git a/pages/common/openssl-req.md b/pages/common/openssl-req.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# openssl req
+
+> OpenSSL command to manage PKCS#10 Certificate Signing Requests.
+> More information: <https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/openssl-req.html>.
+
+- Generate a certificate signing request to be sent to a certificate authority:
+
+`openssl req -new -sha256 -key {{filename.key}} -out {{filename.csr}}`
+
+- Generate a selfsigned certificate and a corresponding keypair, storing both in a file:
+
+`openssl req -new -x509 -newkey {{rsa}}:{{4096}} -keyout {{filename.key}} -out {{filename.cert}} -subj "{{/C=XX/CN=foobar}}" -days {{365}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/openssl-s_client.md b/pages/common/openssl-s_client.md
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+# openssl s_client
+
+> OpenSSL command to create TLS client connections.
+> More information: <https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/openssl-s_client.html>.
+
+- Display the start and expiry dates for a domain's certificate:
+
+`openssl s_client -connect {{host}}:{{port}} 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates`
+
+- Display the certificate presented by an SSL/TLS server:
+
+`openssl s_client -connect {{host}}:{{port}} </dev/null`
+
+- Display the complete certificate chain of an HTTPS server:
+
+`openssl s_client -connect {{host}}:443 -showcerts </dev/null`
diff --git a/pages/common/openssl-x509.md b/pages/common/openssl-x509.md
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+# openssl x509
+
+> OpenSSL command to manage X.509 certificates.
+> More information: <https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/openssl-x509.html>.
+
+- Display certificate information:
+
+`openssl x509 -in {{filename.crt}} -noout -text`
+
+- Display a certificate's expiration date:
+
+`openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in {{filename.pem}}`
+
+- Convert a certificate between binary DER encoding and textual PEM encoding:
+
+`openssl x509 -inform {{der}} -outform {{pem}} -in {{original_certificate_file}} -out {{converted_certificate_file}}`
+
+- Store a certificate's public key in a file:
+
+`openssl x509 -in {{certificate_file}} -noout -pubkey -out {{output_file}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/openssl.md b/pages/common/openssl.md
index 248a62ad2..9ef1fea34 100644
--- a/pages/common/openssl.md
+++ b/pages/common/openssl.md
@@ -3,34 +3,14 @@
 > OpenSSL cryptographic toolkit.
 > More information: <https://www.openssl.org>.
 
-- Generate a 2048bit RSA private key and save it to a file:
+- Print a list of available subcommands:
 
-`openssl genrsa -out {{filename.key}} 2048`
+`openssl help`
 
-- Generate a certificate signing request to be sent to a certificate authority:
+- Print options for a specific subcommand:
 
-`openssl req -new -sha256 -key {{filename.key}} -out {{filename.csr}}`
+`openssl help {{x509}}`
 
-- Generate a self-signed certificate from a certificate signing request valid for some number of days:
+- Print the version of OpenSSL:
 
-`openssl x509 -req -days {{days}} -in {{filename.csr}} -signkey {{filename.key}} -out {{filename.crt}}`
-
-- Display certificate information:
-
-`openssl x509 -in {{filename.crt}} -noout -text`
-
-- Display a certificate's expiration date:
-
-`openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in {{filename.pem}}`
-
-- Display the start and expiry dates for a domain's certificate:
-
-`openssl s_client -connect {{host}}:{{port}} 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates`
-
-- Display the certificate presented by an SSL/TLS server:
-
-`openssl s_client -connect {{host}}:{{port}} </dev/null`
-
-- Display the complete certificate chain of an HTTPS server:
-
-`openssl s_client -connect {{host}}:443 -showcerts </dev/null`
+`openssl version`