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diff --git a/crypto/openssh/scp.1 b/crypto/openssh/scp.1
index 43662ab..5033d84 100644
--- a/crypto/openssh/scp.1
+++ b/crypto/openssh/scp.1
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.40 2006/07/18 07:56:28 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.46 2008/07/12 05:33:41 djm Exp $
.\"
-.Dd September 25, 1999
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 12 2008 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.Ar host1 No :
.Oc Ns Ar file1
.Sm on
-.Op Ar ...
+.Ar ...
.Sm off
.Oo
.Op Ar user No @
@@ -56,9 +56,15 @@ Unlike
will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
authentication.
.Pp
-Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate
+File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate
that the file is to be copied to/from that host.
-Copies between two remote hosts are permitted.
+Local file names can be made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames
+to avoid
+.Nm
+treating file names containing
+.Sq :\&
+as host specifiers.
+Copies between two remote hosts are also permitted.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ per-user configuration file for
This option is directly passed to
.Xr ssh 1 .
.It Fl i Ar identity_file
-Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA
+Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key
authentication is read.
This option is directly passed to
.Xr ssh 1 .
@@ -178,9 +184,14 @@ is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in
Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
original file.
.It Fl q
-Disables the progress meter.
+Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic
+messages from
+.Xr ssh 1 .
.It Fl r
Recursively copy entire directories.
+Note that
+.Nm
+follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.
.It Fl S Ar program
Name of
.Ar program
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