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@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 .\"
 .\" Created: Sun May  7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.100 2021/08/11 14:07:54 naddy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.101 2021/09/08 23:31:39 djm Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 11 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 8 2021 $
 .Dt SCP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 .Nd OpenSSH secure file copy
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm scp
-.Op Fl 346ABCOpqRrsTv
+.Op Fl 346ABCOpqRrTv
 .Op Fl c Ar cipher
 .Op Fl D Ar sftp_server_path
 .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 .Xr ssh 1
 for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
 same security as a login session.
-The scp protocol requires execution of the remote user's shell to perform
-.Xr glob 3
-pattern matching.
 .Pp
 .Nm
 will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
@@ -79,7 +76,9 @@
 Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host.
 Without this option the data is copied directly between the two remote
 hosts.
-Note that, when using the legacy SCP protocol (the default), this option
+Note that, when using the legacy SCP protocol (via the
+.Fl O
+flag), this option
 selects batch mode for the second host as
 .Nm
 cannot ask for passwords or passphrases for both hosts.
@@ -146,9 +145,10 @@
 .It Fl O
 Use the legacy SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol.
 Forcing the use of the SCP protocol may be necessary for servers that do
-not implement SFTP or for backwards-compatibility for particular filename
-wildcard patterns.
-This mode is the default.
+not implement SFTP, for backwards-compatibility for particular filename
+wildcard patterns and for expanding paths with a
+.Sq ~
+prefix for older SFTP servers.
 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
 Can be used to pass options to
 .Nm ssh
@@ -258,16 +258,6 @@
 The program must understand
 .Xr ssh 1
 options.
-.It Fl s
-Use the SFTP protocol for file transfers instead of the legacy SCP protocol.
-Using SFTP avoids invoking a shell on the remote side and provides
-more predictable filename handling, as the SCP protocol
-relied on the remote shell for expanding
-.Xr glob 3
-wildcards.
-.Pp
-A near-future release of OpenSSH will make the SFTP protocol the default.
-This option will be deleted before the end of 2022.
 .It Fl T
 Disable strict filename checking.
 By default when copying files from a remote host to a local directory
@@ -299,11 +289,23 @@
 .Xr ssh_config 5 ,
 .Xr sftp-server 8 ,
 .Xr sshd 8
+.Sh CAVEATS
+The original scp protocol (selected by the
+.Fl O
+flag) requires execution of the remote user's shell to perform
+.Xr glob 3
+pattern matching.
+This requires careful quoting of any characters that have special meaning to
+the remote shell, such as quote characters.
 .Sh HISTORY
 .Nm
 is based on the rcp program in
 .Bx
 source code from the Regents of the University of California.
+.Pp
+Since OpenSSH 8.8,
+.Nm
+has use the SFTP protocol for transfers by default.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Timo Rinne Aq Mt tri@iki.fi
 .An Tatu Ylonen Aq Mt ylo@cs.hut.fi