diff --git a/contrib/ssh b/contrib/ssh
index 09e3ae76..85325aa2 100644
--- a/contrib/ssh
+++ b/contrib/ssh
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ _scp()
 
 	[[ "$cur" == */* ]] || _known_hosts -c -a "$optconfigfile"
 
+	# This approach is used instead of _filedir to get a space appended
+	# after local file/dir completions, and $nospace retained for others.
 	local IFS=$'\t\n'
 	COMPREPLY=( "${COMPREPLY[@]}" $( command ls -aF1d $cur* \
 		    2>/dev/null | sed \