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diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
index ecd4d31748c..02d2c274bb3 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.40 2003/01/10 08:19:07 fgsch Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.41 2003/03/28 10:11:43 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
.Nd Secure file transfer program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm sftp
+.Bk -words
.Op Fl vC1
.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
@@ -40,10 +41,15 @@
.Op Fl R Ar num_requests
.Op Fl S Ar program
.Ar host
+.Ek
.Nm sftp
-.Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIfile\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
+.Oo Oo Ar user Ns No @ Oc Ns
+.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
+.Ar file Oc Oc Oc
.Nm sftp
-.Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIdir\fR[\fI/\fR]]
+.Oo Oo Ar user Ns No @ Oc Ns
+.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
+.Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
@@ -77,13 +83,13 @@ non-interactive authentication.
will abort if any of the following
commands fail:
.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
-.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
+.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd
and
.Ic lmkdir .
-Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
-prefixing the command with a
-.Ic '-'
+Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
+prefixing the command with a
+.Ic '-'
character (For example,
.Ic -rm /tmp/blah*
).
@@ -95,19 +101,19 @@ in the format used in
This is useful for specifying options
for which there is no separate
.Nm sftp
-command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate
+command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate
port use:
.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
-on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over
+on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over
protocol version 1, or when the remote
.Nm sshd
does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
.It Fl v
Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
.It Fl B Ar buffer_size
-Specify the size of the buffer that
+Specify the size of the buffer that
.Nm
uses when transferring files. Larger buffers require fewer round trips at
the cost of higher memory consumption. The default is 32768 bytes.