diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
index ce699bdb78..a2491143e9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
@@ -729,11 +729,11 @@ alias scvs env CVS_RSH=ssh cvs -d <replaceable>user</replaceable>@ncvs.FreeBSD.o
 	</itemizedlist>
 
 	<para>You will almost certainly get a conflict because
-	  of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.240 2006-06-02 20:50:17 scottl Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
+	  of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.241 2006-06-09 20:42:50 pav Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
 	  <literal>$<!-- stop expansion -->FreeBSD<!-- stop expansion -->$</literal>)
 	  lines, so you will have to edit the file to resolve the conflict
-	  (remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.240 2006-06-02 20:50:17 scottl Exp $</literal> line,
-	  leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.240 2006-06-02 20:50:17 scottl Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
+	  (remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.241 2006-06-09 20:42:50 pav Exp $</literal> line,
+	  leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.241 2006-06-09 20:42:50 pav Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
@@ -1030,6 +1030,31 @@ checkout -P</programlisting>
 	  file before the commit, because CVS will not give you a chance to edit
 	  the message when you do the actual commit.</para>
       </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Speed up your CVS operation considerably by using a persistent
+	  ssh connection to the repository machine.  First, put this
+	  configuration into your <filename>~/.ssh/config</filename>:</para>
+
+	<programlisting>Host ncvs.FreeBSD.org
+      ControlPath /home/<replaceable>pav</replaceable>/.ssh/cvs.cpath
+Host dcvs.FreeBSD.org
+      ControlPath /home/<replaceable>pav</replaceable>/.ssh/cvs.cpath
+Host projcvs.FreeBSD.org
+      ControlPath /home/<replaceable>pav</replaceable>/.ssh/cvs.cpath
+Host pcvs.FreeBSD.org
+      ControlPath /home/<replaceable>pav</replaceable>/.ssh/cvs.cpath</programlisting>
+
+	<para>Now open the persistent connection to the repoman:</para>
+
+	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ssh -fNM ncvs.FreeBSD.org</userinput></screen>
+
+	<para>The CVS commands should now respond faster, as they are reusing
+	  existing connection with the repository.  Note that all
+	  the hostnames are case sensitive.</para>
+
+      </listitem>
+
     </orderedlist>
 
   </sect1>