-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.17 2001/04/22 13:32:27 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.18 2001/05/05 13:42:51 stevesk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller. All rights reserved.
.\"
compression.
.Nm
connects and logs into the specified
-.Ar hostname ,
+.Ar host ,
then enters an interactive command mode.
.Pp
-The second usage format will fetch files automaticly if a non-interactive
-authentication is used, else it do so after an interactive authentication
-is used.
+The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
+authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
+successful interactive authentication.
.Pp
The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
.Pp