-.\" $OpenBSD: ftpd.8,v 1.9 1996/12/03 03:07:16 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ftpd.8,v 1.10 1997/03/29 20:02:00 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ftpd.8,v 1.8 1996/01/14 20:55:23 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993
.Pa /etc/motd
exists,
.Nm
-prints it after a successful login.
+prints it after a successful login. If the file
+.Pa .message
+exists in a directory,
+.Nm
+prints it when that directory is entered.
.Pp
The ftp server currently supports the following ftp requests.
The case of the requests is ignored.