clarify meaning of ssh -b ; with & ok jmc@

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
index 4cc1738c13a..b0749763b81 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.208 2005/05/23 23:32:46 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.209 2005/07/06 09:33:05 dtucker Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
@@ -423,8 +423,11 @@ authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent.
 .It Fl a
 Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
 .It Fl b Ar bind_address
-Specify the interface address to transmit from on machines with multiple
-interfaces or aliased addresses.
+Use
+.Ar bind_address
+on the local machine as the source address
+of the connection.
+Only useful on systems with more than one address.
 .It Fl C
 Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and
 data for forwarded X11 and TCP/IP connections).