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@@ -183,11 +183,13 @@ The integer is stored, base-256, one digit per octet, in big-endian
 order, using as few octets as possible.  The value 0 has length zero.
 .TP
 .B "struct"
-A sequence of subkeys is stored.  Each subkey consists of a single
-octet giving the length of the subkey's label; the label itself in
-ASCII, zero-octet padding to make the subkey start at a multiple of four
-octets, and then the encoding of the subkey.  There is no terminator:
-the outer length field indicates when to stop reading subkeys.
+A sequence of subkeys is stored; the sequence is sorted by
+lexicographical order of the subkeys' labels.  Each subkey consists of a
+single octet giving the length of the subkey's label; the label itself
+in ASCII, zero-octet padding to make the subkey start at a multiple of
+four octets, and then the encoding of the subkey.  There is no
+terminator: the outer length field indicates when to stop reading
+subkeys.
 .TP
 .B "string"
 The string is stored as-is, with no terminator.
@@ -206,5 +208,13 @@ the two coordinates.
 .B "encrypt"
 The key data is encoded as binary and encrypted as described above.  The
 resulting ciphertext is stored as is.
+.SS "Fingerprints"
+The fingerprint is computed by hashing the binary representation of (the
+selected parts of) a key's data followed by the key type preceded by a
+single length octet, and the key's attributes, in lexicographic order of
+the attribute name.  Each attribute consists of the attribute's name
+preceded by a single length octet, followed by the value preceded by a
+two-octet length.  The lengths do not include themselves; neither string
+has a terminator character; there is no padding.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>