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@@ -25,22 +25,25 @@ Or, on OpenBSD:
 
 `pw`
 
-Generate password using default settings.
+Generate password using default settings: at lease one digit, at least one lower
+case letter, at least one upper case letter, at least one symbol from the set
+'_-=+<>,.!@#$%^&*', and a length of 24 characters.
 
 ## Examples
 
-Generate a password with at least one lower case letter, one upper case letter,
-and one digit, with a length of 20 characters:
+Generate a password with at least one lower case letter, at least two upper case
+letters, at least three digits, at least four symbols, and a length of 20
+characters:
 
-`pw -l 1 -u 1 -d 1 -c 20`
+`pw -l 1 -u 2 -d 3 -s 4 -c 20`
 
 or, more compact:
 
-`pw -l1 -u1 -d1 -c20`
+`pw -l1 -u2 -d3 -s4 -c20`
 
-Generate a password containing symbols from a given set:
+The same, but now with symbols chosen from the set '+', '-', '=', and '@':
 
-`pw -S '+-=@'`
+`pw -l1 -u2 -d3 -s4 -c20 -S '+-=@'`
 
 ## Documentation