-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.39 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.40 2003/11/25 23:10:08 matthieu Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
.Nm
retries the last passphrase if multiple identity files are given.
.Pp
-The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of
-the current process for
+The authentication agent must be running and the
+.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+environment variable must contain the name of its socket for
.Nm
to work.
.Pp