3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/ssh-copy-id b/contrib/ssh-copy-id
index 093fb2668..2c480e359 100644
--- a/contrib/ssh-copy-id
+++ b/contrib/ssh-copy-id
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Shell script to install your identity.pub on a remote machine
+# Shell script to install your public key on a remote machine
 # Takes the remote machine name as an argument.
 # Obviously, the remote machine must accept password authentication,
 # or one of the other keys in your ssh-agent, for this to work.
 
-ID_FILE="${HOME}/.ssh/identity.pub"
+ID_FILE="${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
 
 if [ "-i" = "$1" ]; then
   shift
diff --git a/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 b/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1
index b331fa149..f25ed01f2 100644
--- a/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1
+++ b/contrib/ssh-copy-id.1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ the original English.
 ..
 .TH SSH-COPY-ID 1 "14 November 1999" "OpenSSH"
 .SH NAME
-ssh-copy-id \- install your identity.pub in a remote machine's authorized_keys
+ssh-copy-id \- install your public key in a remote machine's authorized_keys
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B ssh-copy-id [-i [identity_file]]
 .I "[user@]machine"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ set in its configuration).
 If the
 .B -i
 option is given then the identity file (defaults to
-.BR ~/.ssh/identity.pub )
+.BR ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub )
 is used, regardless of whether there are any keys in your
 .BR ssh-agent .
 Otherwise, if this:
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2e6a25b5e..f1db99a80 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ openssh (1:4.6p1-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Simó; closes: #221675).
   * ssh-copy-id no longer prints the output of expr (thanks, Peter
     Eisentraut; closes: #291534).
+  * ssh-copy-id defaults to ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub rather than
+    ~/.ssh/identity.pub, in line with ssh-keygen (thanks, Greg Norris;
+    closes: #234627).
   * debconf template translations:
     - Update Catalan (thanks, Jordà Polo; closes: #431970).