commit 5b0a8d63ab9215d9d5877df1d1c99a32d98bf8e2
author Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> Fri Jan 30 20:05:55 2015 -0600
committer Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> Fri Jan 30 20:05:55 2015 -0600
tree 3772790929895bbae214f4778daa09d6fbce06b7
parent d5852cb6605ae4270b4fe2f8b783e25e019b147d

add some prose trying to explain Attribute and ObjectIdentifier

docs/x509.rst

diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst
index 19a62be..42b95a1 100644
--- a/docs/x509.rst
+++ b/docs/x509.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.8
 
+    An X.509 name consists of a list of Attribute objects.
+
     .. attribute:: oid
 
         :type: :class:`ObjectIdentifier`
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.8
 
+    Object identifiers (frequently seen abbreviated as OID) identify the type
+    of a value (see: :class:`Attribute`).
+
     .. attribute:: value
 
         :type: :class:`str`