diff --git a/cli-runopts.c b/cli-runopts.c
index 140b0cf8e9ab08d4425208dcabf92d7e63aa14f7..791326cb52fbb1a3fea215bd5df15e2ffc0642bd 100644
--- a/cli-runopts.c
+++ b/cli-runopts.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void printhelp() {
 					"-N    Don't run a remote command\n"
 					"-f    Run in background after auth\n"
 					"-y    Always accept remote host key if unknown\n"
-					"-s    Request a subsystem (use for sftp)\n"
+					"-s    Request a subsystem (use by external sftp)\n"
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_PUBKEY_AUTH
 					"-i <identityfile>   (multiple allowed)\n"
 #endif
diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1
index 4472e70ed5362ad7df0172b3b2a89c221f4e1a48..69af18a11f98e11f6c2b198ae3c15e89fa98ea82 100644
--- a/dbclient.1
+++ b/dbclient.1
@@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ Specify a comma separated list of ciphers to enable. Use \fI-c help\fR to list p
 .TP
 .B \-m \fIMAClist
 Specify a comma separated list of authentication MACs to enable. Use \fI-m help\fR to list possibilities.
+.TP
+.B \-s 
+The specified command will be requested as a subsystem, used for sftp. Dropbear doesn't implement sftp itself but the OpenSSH sftp client can be used eg \fIsftp -S dbclient user@host\fR
 
+.SH MULTI-HOP
 Dropbear will also allow multiple "hops" to be specified, separated by commas. In
 this case a connection will be made to the first host, then a TCP forwarded 
 connection will be made through that to the second host, and so on. Hosts other than