diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1
index 613bc95..371fc5f 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.1
+++ b/ssh-keygen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.39 2001/04/22 23:58:36 markus Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.40 2001/04/23 21:57:07 markus Exp $
 .\"
 .\"  -*- nroff -*-
 .\"
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@
 The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for
 passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment.
 .It Fl e
-This option will read a private OpenSSH key file and print the key in a
+This option will read a private or public OpenSSH key file and
+print the key in a
 .Sq SECSH Public Key File Format
 to stdout.
 This option allows exporting keys for use by several commercial