diff --git a/modules/exploits/multi/ssh/sshexec.rb b/modules/exploits/multi/ssh/sshexec.rb
index cc4601d19e..ab9bb533ca 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/multi/ssh/sshexec.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/multi/ssh/sshexec.rb
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
       [
         OptString.new('USERNAME', [ true, "The user to authenticate as.", 'root' ]),
         OptString.new('PASSWORD', [ true, "The password to authenticate with.", '' ]),
-        Opt::RHOST('RHOST', [ true, "The target address" ]),
+        Opt::RHOST(),
         Opt::RPORT(22)
       ], self.class
     )
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
       non_interactive: true
     }
 
-    opt_hash[:verbose] = :debug if datastore['SSH_DEBUG']
+    opt_hash[:verbose] = :debug if (datastore['SSH_DEBUG'])
 
     begin
       self.ssh_socket = Net::SSH.start(ip, user, opt_hash)