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@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ cryptsetup-erase, cryptsetup-luksErase - erase all keyslots
== DESCRIPTION
Erase all keyslots and make the LUKS container permanently inaccessible.
-You do not need to provide any password for this operation.
+Unless the device is configured with HW OPAL support you do not need to
+provide any password for this operation.
*WARNING:* This operation is irreversible.
-*<options>* can be [--header, --disable-locks].
+*WARNING:* with *--hw-opal-factory-reset* ALL data is lost on the device,
+regardless of the partition it is ran on, if any, and regardless of any LUKS2
+header backup, and does not require a valid LUKS2 header to be present on the
+device to run.
+
+*<options>* can be [--header, --disable-locks, --hw-opal-factory-reset, --key-file].
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