diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 7d1e089..4c411b8 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (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.1,v 1.128 2001/08/16 20:14:57 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.129 2001/08/21 21:47:41 stevesk Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
 .Ev USER ;
 set for compatibility with systems that use this variable.
 .It Ev MAIL
-Set to point the user's mailbox.
+Set to the path of the user's mailbox.
 .It Ev PATH
 Set to the default
 .Ev PATH ,
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@
 .Pa /dev/null
 to make this work.)
 .It Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
-indicates the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the
+Identifies the path of a unix-domain socket used to communicate with the
 agent.
 .It Ev SSH_CLIENT
 Identifies the client end of the connection.
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
-Records host keys for all hosts the user has logged into (that are not
+Records host keys for all hosts the user has logged into that are not
 in
 .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts .
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