diff --git a/crypto/openssh/FREEBSD-upgrade b/crypto/openssh/FREEBSD-upgrade
index cbcc6fc19a15..757d9e8e04ca 100644
--- a/crypto/openssh/FREEBSD-upgrade
+++ b/crypto/openssh/FREEBSD-upgrade
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 7) Run configure with the appropriate arguments:
 
 	$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh \
-		--with-pam --with-tcp-wrappers
+		--with-pam --with-tcp-wrappers --with-libedit
 
    Note that we don't want to configure OpenSSH for Kerberos using
    configure since we have to be able to turn it on or off depending