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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml
index 129426a6d5..f367560b5f 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml
+++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
<taglist>
<tag><c>reason()</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>= <c>atom()</c> A description of the reason why an operation failed.</p>
+ <p>= <c>atom() | string() | tuple() </c>A description of the reason why an operation failed.</p>
<p>
- The value is formed from the sftp error codes in the protocol-level responses as defined in
+ The <c>atom()</c> value is formed from the sftp error codes in the protocol-level responses as defined in
<url href="https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-13.txt">draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-13.txt</url>
section 9.1.
</p>
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
E.g. the error code <c>SSH_FX_NO_SUCH_FILE</c>
will cause the <c>reason()</c> to be <c>no_such_file</c>.
</p>
+ <p>The <c>string()</c> reason is the error information from the server in case of an exit-signal. If that information is empty, the reason is the exit signal name.
+ </p>
+ <p>The <c>tuple()</c> reason are other errors like the <c>{exit_status,integer()}</c> if the exit status is not 0.
+ </p>
</item>
<tag><c>ssh_connection_ref() =</c></tag>