1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ssh-add.1 b/ssh-add.1
index fe0190859..6348197b3 100644
--- a/ssh-add.1
+++ b/ssh-add.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.40 2003/11/25 23:10:08 matthieu Exp $
 .\"
 .\"  -*- nroff -*-
 .\"
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ The passphrase is read from the user's tty.
 .Nm
 retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.
 .Pp
-The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of
-the current process for
+The authentication agent must be running and the
+.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+environment variable must contain the name of its socket for
 .Nm
 to work.
 .Pp