diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
index 182efff7afb..c29beea3b08 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/package.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ it depends on uninstallable packages.
 The package is installed.
 
 @item new
-Equivalent to @samp{available}, except that the package became newly
-available on the package archive after your last invocation of
-@kbd{M-x list-packages}.
+Equivalent to @samp{available}, except that the package was added to the
+package archive since your previous invocation of @w{@kbd{M-x
+list-packages}}.
 
 @item obsolete
 The package is an outdated installed version; in addition to this
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 046eef791ac..cae6d52f14c 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ The string is used in `tramp-methods'.")
                 (tramp-login-args           (("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("%c")
 				             ("-e" "none") ("%h")))
                 (tramp-async-args           (("-q")))
-                (tramp-direct-async         t)
+		(tramp-direct-async         ("-t" "-t"))
                 (tramp-remote-shell         ,tramp-default-remote-shell)
                 (tramp-remote-shell-login   ("-l"))
                 (tramp-remote-shell-args    ("-c"))