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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1,v
retrieving revision 1.87
retrieving revision 1.88
diff -u -r1.87 -r1.88
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1	2019/11/30 07:07:59	1.87
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1	2020/04/30 17:07:10	1.88
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 .\"
 .\" Created: Sun May  7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.87 2019/11/30 07:07:59 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.88 2020/04/30 17:07:10 markus Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 30 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 30 2020 $
 .Dt SCP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@
 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 this option disables the progress meter.
+Note that this option disables the progress meter and selects batch mode
+for the second host, since
+.Nm scp
+cannot ask passwords or passphrases for both hosts.
 .It Fl 4
 Forces
 .Nm