+.It Fl b Ar batchfile
+Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
+.Ar batchfile
+instead of
+.Em stdin .
+Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
+non-interactive authentication.
+.Nm
+will abort if any of the following
+commands fail:
+.Ic get , put , rename , ln , rm , mkdir , chdir , lchdir
+and
+.Ic lmkdir .
+.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
+Can be used to pass options to
+.Nm ssh
+in the format used in the
+.Xr ssh 1
+configuration file. This is useful for specifying options
+for which there is no separate
+.Nm sftp
+command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate
+port use:
+.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
+.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
+Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
+on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over
+protocol version 1, or when the remote
+.Nm sshd
+does not have an sftp subsystem configured.