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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1,v
retrieving revision 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -r1.49 -r1.50
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1	2009/10/22 15:02:12	1.49
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1	2010/01/17 21:49:09	1.50
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.49 2009/10/22 15:02:12 sobrado Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.50 2010/01/17 21:49:09 tedu Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 22 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 17 2010 $
 .Dt SSH-AGENT 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@
 .Pa ~/.ssh/identity .
 If the identity has a passphrase,
 .Xr ssh-add 1
-asks for the passphrase (using a small X11 application if running
-under X11, or from the terminal if running without X).
+asks for the passphrase on the terminal if it has one or from a small X11
+program if running under X11.
+If neither of these is the case then the authentication will fail.
 It then sends the identity to the agent.
 Several identities can be stored in the
 agent; the agent can automatically use any of these identities.