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diff --git a/rsync-backup.8 b/rsync-backup.8
index 714b63f..0710158 100644
--- a/rsync-backup.8
+++ b/rsync-backup.8
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ will avoid inefficient and pointless messing about
 in this case.
 This command clears the
 .B like
-list, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
+list, the remote
+.B user
+name, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
 policy defined prior to the first
 .B host
 command).
@@ -251,6 +253,15 @@ for subsequent backups.  Some snapshot types require additional
 arguments, which may be supplied here.  This command clears the
 .B retry
 counter.
+.TP
+.BI "user " name
+Specify the user name on the remote host.  Without this, calls to
+.BR ssh (1)
+and
+.BR rsync (1)
+won't specify any user name, so the default (probably from the
+.BR ssh_config (5)
+file) will apply.
 .SS Configuration variables
 The following shell variables may be overridden by the configuration
 file.
@@ -465,7 +476,8 @@ when no backup is running.
 .PP
 So don't use those names for your hosts.
 .PP
-The next layer down contains a directory for each filesystem on the given host.
+The next layer down contains a directory for each filesystem on the
+given host.
 .PP
 The bottom layer contains a directory for each dump of that filesystem,
 named with the date at which the dump was started (in ISO8601