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diff --git a/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod b/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod
index 89e35eee..1d237682 100644
--- a/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod
+++ b/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ have to ensure that the B<passive_ftp> option is on in B</etc/wgetrc>
=item B<urpmi.addmedia> [I<options>] <I<name>> ssh://<I<login>>@<I<host>>/<I<path>> [with <I<relative path of synthesis|hdlist>>]
-The same as for http and ftp; add your login and password if required. It
-is strongly recommended to export the public key in order not to have to
-type your password all the time. B<scp> and B<rsync> will be used to get
-files. Example:
+The same as for http and ftp; add your login and password if required. You
+may want to export the public key in order not to have to type your
+password. rsync over an ssh connection will be used to get files. urpmi
+will try to re-use the same ssh connection over multiple invocations.
+
+Example:
urpmi.addmedia -h ssh ssh://fpons@bi/c/i586/media/main
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ Specify additional command-line options to be passed to curl, rsync or
wget when retrieving files. If several options are to be passed, separate
them with spaces and enclose them in quotes.
+Note that the rsync options will also be used for ssh media.
+
=item B<--limit-rate I<rate>>
Try to limit the download speed, I<rate> is given in bytes/sec. This option