diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b920b197..eceb85b4e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
    - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2013/10/20 09:51:26
      [scp.1 sftp.1]
      add canonicalisation options to -o lists
+   - jmc@cvs.openbsd.org 2013/10/20 18:00:13
+     [ssh_config.5]
+     tweak the "exec" description, as worded by djm;
 
 20131018
  - (djm) OpenBSD CVS Sync
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index b60dc1a51..4161a6624 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" (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_config.5,v 1.176 2013/10/20 06:19:28 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.177 2013/10/20 18:00:13 jmc Exp $
 .Dd $Mdocdate: October 20 2013 $
 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
 .Os
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ The available keywords are:
 and
 .Cm localuser .
 .Pp
-The criteria for the
+The
 .Cm exec
-keyword is command that is executed under the user's shell..
+keyword executes the specified command under the user's shell.
 If the command returns a zero exit status then the condition is considered true.
 Commands containing whitespace characters must be quoted.
 The following character sequences in the command will be expanded prior to