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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1,v
retrieving revision 1.90
retrieving revision 1.91
diff -u -r1.90 -r1.91
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1	2020/08/03 02:43:41	1.90
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.1	2020/10/03 02:18:33	1.91
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 .\"
 .\" Created: Sun May  7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.90 2020/08/03 02:43:41 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.91 2020/10/03 02:18:33 deraadt Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 3 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 3 2020 $
 .Dt SCP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 copies files between hosts on a network.
+.Pp
 It uses
 .Xr ssh 1
 for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
-same security as
-.Xr ssh 1 .
+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
 authentication.