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diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index dc7a2143..186e0761 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.311 2019/12/19 15:09:30 naddy Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 19 2019 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.312 2019/12/21 02:19:13 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 21 2019 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -669,11 +669,14 @@ and
.It Cm ForwardAgent
Specifies whether the connection to the authentication agent (if any)
will be forwarded to the remote machine.
-The argument must be
-.Cm yes
-or
+The argument may be
+.Cm yes ,
.Cm no
-(the default).
+(the default),
+an explicit path to an agent socket or the name of an environment variable
+(beginning with
+.Sq $ )
+in which to find the path.
.Pp
Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution.
Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host