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Domain self-verification too verbose

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Description

The 'Crypto walkthrough' on page for domains verified via DNS entry lists, as a last step the command

dig $domain TXT && dig _keybase.$domain TXT

This however gives way too much data for the user to scan - my domain is configured to return negative SPF records for every non existing name, and with two queries this amounts to a screenful of text, (and not exactly a 25 lines terminal).

Considering that no other information except the record itself is used, I'd suggest

dig +short $domain TXT && dig +short _keybase.$domain TXT

as the command to check the DNS records by oneself.

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Start with the 'Crypto walkthrough' page section for domains verified via DNS entry and inspect the final self-check command. Done means the walkthrough uses the concise command shown in the issue and no longer produces unnecessary DNS output for users to scan.

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Documentation
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