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diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1 b/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1
index b5e6b0e..b8cd0c5 100644
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.59 2015/04/24 06:26:49 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.62 2015/11/15 23:54:15 jmc Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 24 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 15 2015 $
.Dt SSH-AGENT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-agent
.Op Fl c | s
-.Op Fl Ddx
+.Op Fl \&Ddx
.Op Fl a Ar bind_address
.Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
.Op Fl t Ar life
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ machines using
.Pp
The agent initially does not have any private keys.
Keys are added using
+.Xr ssh 1
+(see
+.Cm AddKeysToAgent
+in
+.Xr ssh_config 5
+for details)
+or
.Xr ssh-add 1 .
Multiple identities may be stored in
.Nm
@@ -133,7 +140,7 @@ Without this option the default maximum lifetime is forever.
Exit after the last client has disconnected.
.El
.Pp
-If a commandline is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent.
+If a command line is given, this is executed as a subprocess of the agent.
When the command dies, so does the agent.
.Pp
The idea is that the agent is run in the user's local PC, laptop, or
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