diff --git a/apps/CA.pl b/apps/CA.pl
index 7f71f4a76824e3400642ef1f6a68eff668737cc5..901f8c99fbd7f9c4e5eefd6c38a0c7a888d424a6 100755
--- a/apps/CA.pl
+++ b/apps/CA.pl
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
 # Steve Henson
 # shenson@bigfoot.com
 
-# default ssleay.cnf file has setup as per the following
+# default openssl.cnf file has setup as per the following
 # demoCA ... where everything is stored
 
 $DAYS="-days 365";
-$REQ="ssleay req $SSLEAY_CONFIG";
-$CA="ssleay ca $SSLEAY_CONFIG";
-$VERIFY="ssleay verify";
-$X509="ssleay x509";
+$REQ="openssl req $SSLEAY_CONFIG";
+$CA="openssl ca $SSLEAY_CONFIG";
+$VERIFY="openssl verify";
+$X509="openssl x509";
 
 $CATOP="./demoCA";
 $CAKEY="cakey.pem";
diff --git a/apps/CA.sh b/apps/CA.sh
index 1942b985a2b6ba203992f0cd910a9a9d90dceb3a..728f5bf4d84edde28b6fc2d3fde1f10957976766 100644
--- a/apps/CA.sh
+++ b/apps/CA.sh
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
 # tjh@cryptsoft.com
 #
 
-# default ssleay.cnf file has setup as per the following
+# default openssl.cnf file has setup as per the following
 # demoCA ... where everything is stored
 
 DAYS="-days 365"
-REQ="ssleay req $SSLEAY_CONFIG"
-CA="ssleay ca $SSLEAY_CONFIG"
-VERIFY="ssleay verify"
-X509="ssleay x509"
+REQ="openssl req $SSLEAY_CONFIG"
+CA="openssl ca $SSLEAY_CONFIG"
+VERIFY="openssl verify"
+X509="openssl x509"
 
 CATOP=./demoCA
 CAKEY=./cakey.pem
diff --git a/apps/der_chop b/apps/der_chop
index 4639330c101efe58211027f08a475d39d4b7892c..9070b032fc38b79a86bdda406ee0f3a9b079fba2 100644
--- a/apps/der_chop
+++ b/apps/der_chop
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ $md4_cmd="md4";
 $rsa_cmd="rsa -des -inform der ";
 
 # this was the 0.5.x way of doing things ...
-$cmd="ssleay asn1parse";
-$x509_cmd="ssleay x509";
-$crl_cmd="ssleay crl";
-$rc4_cmd="ssleay rc4";
-$md2_cmd="ssleay md2";
-$md4_cmd="ssleay md4";
-$rsa_cmd="ssleay rsa -des -inform der ";
+$cmd="openssl asn1parse";
+$x509_cmd="openssl x509";
+$crl_cmd="openssl crl";
+$rc4_cmd="openssl rc4";
+$md2_cmd="openssl md2";
+$md4_cmd="openssl md4";
+$rsa_cmd="openssl rsa -des -inform der ";
 
 &Getopts('vd:') || die "usage:$0 [-v] [-d num] file";
 $depth=($opt_d =~ /^\d+$/)?$opt_d:0;