diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.1 b/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.1
index c043f43fa..2b3198ec1 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.1
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.1
@@ -178,9 +178,8 @@ In this
 mode, the escape character is set to the tilde (~) character,
 unless modified by the -e option.
 .It Fl x
-Turns on encryption of the data stream if possible.  This
-option is not available outside of the United States and
-Canada.
+Turns on encryption of the data stream if possible. This is 
+currently the default and when it fails a warning is issued.
 .It Ar host
 Indicates the official name, an alias, or the Internet address
 of a remote host.