From 5b0a8d63ab9215d9d5877df1d1c99a32d98bf8e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:05:55 -0600
Subject: add some prose trying to explain Attribute and ObjectIdentifier

---
 docs/x509.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst
index 19a62bed..42b95a11 100644
--- a/docs/x509.rst
+++ b/docs/x509.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ X.509 Certificate Object
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.8
 
+    An X.509 name consists of a list of Attribute objects.
+
     .. attribute:: oid
 
         :type: :class:`ObjectIdentifier`
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ X.509 Certificate Object
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.8
 
+    Object identifiers (frequently seen abbreviated as OID) identify the type
+    of a value (see: :class:`Attribute`).
+
     .. attribute:: value
 
         :type: :class:`str`
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