3 files changed, 40 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1
index 395ffdf880f..10bd85cad96 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Created: Sun May  7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.16 2001/08/08 07:16:58 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.17 2001/08/14 17:54:29 stevesk Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SCP 1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .Op Fl P Ar port
 .Op Fl c Ar cipher
 .Op Fl i Ar identity_file
-.Op Fl o Ar option
+.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
 .Sm off
 .Oo
 .Op Ar user@
@@ -107,13 +107,17 @@ to use for the encrypted connection.
 The program must understand
 .Xr ssh 1
 options.
-.It Fl o Ar option
-Can be used to give options in the format used in the config file.
-These options are passed directly to
-.Xr ssh 1 ,
-for instance
-.Fl o "Protocol=1"
-would force protocol 1.
+.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
+Can be used to pass options to
+.Nm ssh
+in the format used in the
+.Xr ssh 1
+configuration file. This is useful for specifying options
+for which there is no separate
+.Nm scp
+command-line flag.  For example, to force the use of protocol
+version 1 you may specify
+.Ic scp -oProtocol=1 .
 .It Fl 4
 Forces
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
index 6a365a41dc8..25a9b8a4877 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.22 2001/08/14 09:23:02 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.23 2001/08/14 17:54:29 stevesk Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -78,8 +78,16 @@ Enables compression (via ssh's
 .Fl C
 flag)
 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
-Specify an option to be directly passed to
-.Xr ssh 1 .
+Can be used to pass options to
+.Nm ssh
+in the format used in the
+.Xr ssh 1
+configuration file. This is useful for specifying options
+for which there is no separate
+.Nm sftp
+command-line flag.  For example, to force the use of protocol
+version 1 you may specify
+.Ic sftp -oProtocol=1 .
 .It Fl v
 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
 .El
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1
index b6fe0550f42..8166bddda0a 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 1.126 2001/08/01 22:16:45 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.127 2001/08/14 17:54:29 stevesk Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
@@ -492,10 +492,9 @@ Do not execute a remote command.
 This is useful if you just want to forward ports
 (protocol version 2 only).
 .It Fl o Ar option
-Can be used to give options in the format used in the config file.
+Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
 This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
 command-line flag.
-The option has the same format as a line in the configuration file.
 .It Fl p Ar port
 Port to connect to on the remote host.
 This can be specified on a
@@ -613,7 +612,8 @@ to use IPv6 addresses only.
 .El
 .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
 .Nm
-obtains configuration data from the following sources (in this order):
+obtains configuration data from the following sources in
+the following order:
 command line options, user's configuration file
 .Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config ,
 and system-wide configuration file
@@ -638,6 +638,18 @@ are comments.
 .Pp
 Otherwise a line is of the format
 .Dq keyword arguments .
+Configuration options may be separated by whitespace or
+optional whitespace and exactly one
+.Ql = ;
+the latter format is useful to avoid the need to quote whitespace
+when specifying configuration options using the
+.Nm ssh ,
+.Nm scp
+and
+.Nm sftp
+.Fl o
+option.
+.Pp
 The possible
 keywords and their meanings are as follows (note that the
 configuration files are case-sensitive):