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-rw-r--r--ssh.18
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 77502515b..2e009b256 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (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 1.425 2021/07/28 05:57:42 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2021 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.426 2021/09/03 07:27:03 dtucker Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2021 $
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ authentication.
.It Fl i Ar identity_file
Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for
public key authentication is read.
+You can also specify a public key file to use the corresponding
+private key that is loaded in
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+when the private key file is not present locally.
The default is
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa ,