--- gnutls-3.7.2/doc/manpages/p11tool.1 2021-05-29 10:15:22.000000000 +0200 +++ gnutls-3.7.2-bootstrapped/doc/manpages/p11tool.1 2021-06-28 09:35:23.000000000 +0200 @@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ .NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-\-write\f[] Writes the loaded objects to a PKCS #11 token. .sp -It can be used to write private, public keys, certificates or secret keys to a token. Must be combined with - one of \--load-privkey, \--load-pubkey, \--load-certificate option. +It can be used to write private, public keys, certificates or secret keys to a token. Must be combined with one of \--load-privkey, \--load-pubkey, \--load-certificate option. +.sp +When writing a certificate object, its CKA_ID is set to the same CKA_ID of the corresponding public key, if it exists on the token; otherwise it will be derived from the X.509 Subject Key Identifier of the certificate. If this behavior is undesired, write the public key to the token beforehand. .TP .NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-\-delete\f[] Deletes the objects matching the given PKCS #11 URL.