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diff --git a/texi/auth.texi b/texi/auth.texi
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--- a/texi/auth.texi
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@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ It is a way for multiple applications to share a single configuration
 * Help for users::              
 * Secret Service API::          
 * Help for developers::         
+* GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration::  
 * Index::                       
 * Function Index::              
 * Variable Index::              
@@ -176,16 +177,8 @@ for details.
 
 If you don't customize @code{auth-sources}, you'll have to live with
 the defaults: any host and any port are looked up in the netrc
-file @code{~/.authinfo.gpg}.  This is an encrypted file if and only if
-you set up EPA, which is strongly recommended.
-
-@lisp
-(require 'epa-file)
-(epa-file-enable)
-;;; VERY important if you want symmetric encryption
-;;; irrelevant if you don't
-(setq epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption t)
-@end lisp
+file @code{~/.authinfo.gpg}, which is a GnuPG encrypted file.
+@xref{GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration}.
 
 The simplest working netrc line example is one without a port.
 
@@ -271,6 +264,54 @@ users' netrc files.
 
 @end defun
 
+@node GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration
+@appendix GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration
+
+In Emacs 23 or later there is an option @code{auto-encryption-mode} to
+automatically decrypt @code{*.gpg} files and it is enabled by default
+so there is no setting is needed.  If you are using earlier versions
+of Emacs for some reason, you will need:
+
+@lisp
+(require 'epa-file)
+(epa-file-enable)
+@end lisp
+
+If you want your GnuPG passwords to be cached, setup @code{gpg-agent}
+or EasyPG Assitant
+@pxref{Caching Passphrases, , Caching Passphrases, epa}
+
+For those who are using older vesions of Emacs, here are some portion
+copied from the EasyPG Assitant manual:
+
+Here are some questions:
+
+@enumerate
+@item Do you use GnuPG version 2 instead of GnuPG version 1?
+@item Do you use symmetric encryption rather than public key encryption?
+@item Do you want to use gpg-agent?
+@end enumerate
+
+Here are configurations depending on your answers:
+
+@multitable {111} {222} {333} {configuration configuration configuration}
+@item @b{1} @tab @b{2} @tab @b{3} @tab Configuration
+@item Yes @tab Yes @tab Yes @tab Nothing to do.
+@item Yes @tab Yes @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent.
+@item Yes @tab No @tab Yes @tab Nothing to do.
+@item Yes @tab No @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent.
+@item No @tab Yes @tab Yes @tab Set up elisp passphrase cache.
+@item No @tab Yes @tab No @tab Set up elisp passphrase cache.
+@item No @tab No @tab Yes @tab Nothing to do.
+@item No @tab No @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent.
+@end multitable
+
+To setup gpg-agent, follow the instruction in GnuPG manual.
+@pxref{Invoking GPG-AGENT, , Invoking GPG-AGENT, gnupg}.
+
+To set up elisp passphrase cache, set
+@code{epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption}.
+
 @node Index
 @chapter Index
 @printindex cp