1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sftp.1 b/sftp.1
index 89b5d3544..eb88014e2 100644
--- a/sftp.1
+++ b/sftp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.88 2010/12/04 00:18:01 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.90 2011/08/07 12:55:30 dtucker Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" (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: December 4 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 7 2011 $
 .Dt SFTP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
 and
 .Xr ssh-keygen 1
 for details).
+.Pp
+Since some usage formats use colon characters to delimit host names from path
+names, IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets to avoid ambiguity.
+.Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl 1
@@ -479,7 +483,7 @@ is specified, then
 .Ar remote-path
 must specify a directory.
 .Pp
-If ether the
+If either the
 .Fl P
 or
 .Fl p