diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
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@@ -5448,7 +5448,7 @@ is executed two arguments are appended after any arguments specified in
 .B cmd certificate_depth subject
 
 These arguments are, respectively, the current certificate depth and
-the X509 common name (cn) of the peer.
+the X509 subject distinguished name (dn) of the peer.
 
 This feature is useful if the peer you want to trust has a certificate
 which was signed by a certificate authority who also signed many