Mention the dangers of the "-pw" option.

[u/mdw/putty] / doc / man-pscp.but

diff --git a/doc/man-pscp.but b/doc/man-pscp.but
index c330a1a..d848043 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man-pscp.but
+++ b/doc/man-pscp.but
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ The command-line options supported by \e{pscp} are:
 
 \dt \cw{-pw} \e{password}
 
-\dd Set remote password to \e{password}.
+\dd Set remote password to \e{password}. \e{CAUTION:} this will likely
+make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via
+commands such as \q{\c{w}}).
 
 \dt \cw{-1}