diff --git a/doc/man1/crl.pod b/doc/man1/crl.pod
index 14150fd943e42c932e4c9e29fca20bf4ed4db1b3..9d1dcf4909936f51cb3117cbff6c40fe750ceb4e 100644
--- a/doc/man1/crl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/crl.pod
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ the DER form with header and footer lines.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/crl2pkcs7.pod b/doc/man1/crl2pkcs7.pod
index 11d7cc942be0dbaa9d9c9af8b00868981aaefffa..3bf1facfecc50497bd77364b4cbe758ed1d99cd9 100644
--- a/doc/man1/crl2pkcs7.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/crl2pkcs7.pod
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ Print out a usage message.
 
 This specifies the CRL input format. B<DER> format is DER encoded CRL
 structure.B<PEM> (the default) is a base64 encoded version of
-the DER form with header and footer lines.
+the DER form with header and footer lines. The default format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
 This specifies the PKCS#7 structure output format. B<DER> format is DER
 encoded PKCS#7 structure.B<PEM> (the default) is a base64 encoded version of
-the DER form with header and footer lines.
+the DER form with header and footer lines. The default format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/dhparam.pod b/doc/man1/dhparam.pod
index 852469dbbd09291d04af3f20ef59d38e12c4d6c4..2395aa1bb657873f5fbc509fdf13f223b9078bde 100644
--- a/doc/man1/dhparam.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/dhparam.pod
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ additional header and footer lines.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in> I<filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/dsa.pod b/doc/man1/dsa.pod
index 2f8df0c3eb0fdfc2e32bcffb1f80bb4319ef76fc..523c533a098ca6caa3a57abe08fc53eeb2ce4532 100644
--- a/doc/man1/dsa.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/dsa.pod
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ PKCS#8 format is also accepted.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/dsaparam.pod b/doc/man1/dsaparam.pod
index 4c07463341b2545f509b24ec3d8c12b1104831f7..f97a673471a35cbfbe3891ad6128443fcf4e4572 100644
--- a/doc/man1/dsaparam.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/dsaparam.pod
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ of the B<DER> format base64 encoded with additional header and footer lines.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/ec.pod b/doc/man1/ec.pod
index 99cf9d0fda2b4e15a88050327d70e1973835e825..f386877b61ba6a03bb890b83862046b077022d11 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ec.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ec.pod
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ PKCS#8 format is also accepted.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/ecparam.pod b/doc/man1/ecparam.pod
index 3f76dc0a826b512b2e40e6f7107733e9ca6d558d..ecafedca59105038bb386f95755ef2ee3bf3027c 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ecparam.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ecparam.pod
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ header and footer lines.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/genpkey.pod b/doc/man1/genpkey.pod
index 50a7b1bb6dd94f9037e0b1ef112b5bdf3a6698ac..8e22ab22eee17c69f97c38201bd0fe016616ef3a 100644
--- a/doc/man1/genpkey.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/genpkey.pod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ standard output is used.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format DER or PEM.
+This specifies the output format DER or PEM. The default format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-pass arg>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/pkcs7.pod b/doc/man1/pkcs7.pod
index 184ac142e2d6be3eaf0c1b5b5bf22bbc5443c52d..a5f96ace9c63f3f3ace318f370a538bf99543cf5 100644
--- a/doc/man1/pkcs7.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/pkcs7.pod
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ the DER form with header and footer lines.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/pkcs8.pod b/doc/man1/pkcs8.pod
index 42e2468a27ea645918ca43195c03309f3bf73f78..9d1dd3130faf96dff11c22ab7ee23aab79a41da6 100644
--- a/doc/man1/pkcs8.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/pkcs8.pod
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ reversed: it reads a private key and writes a PKCS#8 format key.
 
 =item B<-inform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the input format: see L<KEY FORMATS> for more details.
+This specifies the input format: see L<KEY FORMATS> for more details. The default
+format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format: see L<KEY FORMATS> for more details.
+This specifies the output format: see L<KEY FORMATS> for more details. The default
+format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-traditional>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/pkey.pod b/doc/man1/pkey.pod
index a09736d01ef49cc822c8576f448b5eedba739b60..4d37c92c5b1f5e139afec096a90f14ea09107907 100644
--- a/doc/man1/pkey.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/pkey.pod
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ Print out a usage message.
 
 =item B<-inform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the input format DER or PEM.
+This specifies the input format DER or PEM. The default format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/req.pod b/doc/man1/req.pod
index e15434a1bbc163699d79f79cf9ec829803a5320f..aec2ada807975ed8939a82b018347004d8c71947 100644
--- a/doc/man1/req.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/req.pod
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ footer lines.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/rsa.pod b/doc/man1/rsa.pod
index 6fce46cb59adfcdd79968aa09830ae8b260ff5ff..ee504e652586847b1174bcabb54cffc2f73aaf63 100644
--- a/doc/man1/rsa.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/rsa.pod
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ section.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|NET|PEM>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/sess_id.pod b/doc/man1/sess_id.pod
index 5084b3f467e692ebcb11c7fe0c8383b5f62f7afb..ca3dd7ed58af43211c6b232d164100a8bdfe013e 100644
--- a/doc/man1/sess_id.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/sess_id.pod
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ format base64 encoded with additional header and footer lines.
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM|NSS>
 
 This specifies the output format. The B<PEM> and B<DER> options have the same meaning
-as the B<-inform> option. The B<NSS> option outputs the session id and the master key
-in NSS keylog format.
+and default as the B<-inform> option. The B<NSS> option outputs the session id and
+the master key in NSS keylog format.
 
 =item B<-in filename>
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/x509.pod b/doc/man1/x509.pod
index 5b2fc0e57f1319a0ea0f5f23bc71cdacba5ba639..d31460b5dc116f0addf023d08f293cf5a157b6ea 100644
--- a/doc/man1/x509.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/x509.pod
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ certificate but this can change if other options such as B<-req> are
 present. The DER format is the DER encoding of the certificate and PEM
 is the base64 encoding of the DER encoding with header and footer lines
 added. The NET option is an obscure Netscape server format that is now
-obsolete.
+obsolete. The default format is PEM.
 
 =item B<-outform DER|PEM|NET>
 
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
+This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
+as the B<-inform> option.
 
 =item B<-in filename>