From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:17:58 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: ssh_config: Improve comment for ControlPath.
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ssh_config: Improve comment for ControlPath.
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diff --git a/ssh_config b/ssh_config
index 9dc5150..5f01046 100644
--- a/ssh_config
+++ b/ssh_config
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ Host *
 # to local X11!
     ForwardX11Trusted no
 
-# If -M is used store the control master socket in ~/.ssh. Necessary for
-# ControlMaster to work.
+# Allow using -M (ControlMaster) to create a master SSH session which
+# "tunnels" other connections to the same host, thus reducing the number of
+# authentications (which are relatively slow) and TCP connections.
     ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-%l-%h-%p-%r
 
 # Abort if not all requested port forwardings can be set up.