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add some text about revocation

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 </sect1>
 
+<sect1 id="key-revoke">
+<title>Revoking a key</title>
+
+<para>A key pair that has expired can be brought back into an operational state
+as long as you have access to the private key and the passphrase. To
+reliably render a key unusable you need to revoke it. Revoking is done by
+adding a special revokation signature to the key.</para>
+
+<para>These revokation signature can be created together with the key. In this
+case it is stored in a separate file. This file can later be imported into
+the keyring and is then attached to the key rendering it unusable. Please
+note that to import this signature to the key no password is required.
+Therefore you should store this revokation signature in a safe place,
+usually one that is different from you key pair. It is a good advise to
+use a place that is detached from your computer, either copy it to an
+external storage device like an USB stick or print it out.</para>
+
+<para>If you have not created such a detached revokation on key creation you can
+create such a revokation signature at any time choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Keys</guimenu>
+<guimenuitem>Revoke key</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
+optionally importing it to your keyring immediately.</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
 <sect1 id="encryption">
 <title>Encrypting Your Data</title>
 
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 </sect1>
 
+<sect1 id="key-revoke">
+<title>Revoking a key</title>
+
+<para>A key pair that has expired can be brought back into an operational state
+as long as you have access to the private key and the passphrase. To
+reliably render a key unusable you need to revoke it. Revoking is done by
+adding a special revokation signature to the key.</para>
+
+<para>These revokation signature can be created together with the key. In this
+case it is stored in a separate file. This file can later be imported into
+the keyring and is then attached to the key rendering it unusable. Please
+note that to import this signature to the key no password is required.
+Therefore you should store this revokation signature in a safe place,
+usually one that is different from you key pair. It is a good advise to
+use a place that is detached from your computer, either copy it to an
+external storage device like an USB stick or print it out.</para>
+
+<para>If you have not created such a detached revokation on key creation you can
+create such a revokation signature at any time choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Keys</guimenu>
+<guimenuitem>Revoke key</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
+optionally importing it to your keyring immediately.</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
 <sect1 id="encryption">
 <title>Encrypting Your Data</title>