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--- src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1	2021/09/20 06:53:56	1.105
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@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 .\"
 .\" Created: Sun May  7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.105 2021/09/20 06:53:56 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.106 2021/10/15 14:46:46 deraadt Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 20 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 15 2021 $
 .Dt SCP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -76,7 +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 original 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.
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@
 .Xr ssh 1 .
 .It Fl D Ar sftp_server_path
 When using the SFTP protocol support via
-.Fl s ,
+.Fl M ,
 connect directly to a local SFTP server program rather than a
 remote one via
 .Xr ssh 1 .
@@ -141,13 +143,12 @@
 .It Fl l Ar limit
 Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
 .It Fl O
-Use the original SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol.
+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, for backwards-compatibility for particular filename
 wildcard patterns and for expanding paths with a
 .Sq ~
 prefix for older SFTP servers.
-This mode is the default.
 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
 Can be used to pass options to
 .Nm ssh
@@ -257,8 +258,6 @@
 The program must understand
 .Xr ssh 1
 options.
-.It Fl s
-Use the SFTP protocol for transfers rather than the original scp protocol.
 .It Fl T
 Disable strict filename checking.
 By default when copying files from a remote host to a local directory
@@ -295,12 +294,17 @@
 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
 .Sh CAVEATS
-The original SCP protocol (used by default) requires execution of the
-remote user's shell to perform
+The legacy 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