diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1
index c33f9554fa2e27ce7a4ab7214499bf0cff1af73c..379fd576f4bc520d207b05428f70966f80744be7 100644
--- a/dbclient.1
+++ b/dbclient.1
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ dbclient \- lightweight SSH client
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B dbclient
 is a small SSH client 
+.P
+If compiled with zlib support and if the server supports it, dbclient will
+always use compression.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-p \fIport