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Merge pull request #3309 from milkey-mouse/key-export-docs-bp1.1

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Clarify encryption of key for borg key export (1.1-maint)
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@ -2689,6 +2689,9 @@ def define_archive_filters_group(subparser, *, sort_by=True, first_last=True):
key_export_epilog = process_epilog("""
If repository encryption is used, the repository is inaccessible
without the key. This command allows to backup this essential key.
Note that the backup produced does not include the passphrase itself
(i.e. the exported key stays encrypted). In order to regain access to a
repository, one needs both the exported key and the original passphrase.
There are two backup formats. The normal backup format is suitable for
digital storage as a file. The ``--paper`` backup format is optimized