diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile
index ea9a3e97db98..4eca02408828 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.50 2004/06/25 16:25:00 itojun Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.51 2004/06/25 16:31:20 wiz Exp $
 #	@(#)Makefile	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 
 # missing: dump.5 plot.5
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ MAN=	a.out.5 acct.5 ar.5 core.5 daily.conf.5 dir.5 disktab.5 elf.5 \
 	netconfig.5 netgroup.5 networks.5 \
 	nsswitch.conf.5 passwd.5 passwd.conf.5 phones.5 \
 	printcap.5 protocols.5 ranlib.5 rc.conf.5 remote.5 \
-	resolv.conf.5 rpc.5 security.conf.5 services.5 shells.5 \
+	resolv.conf.5 route.conf.5 rpc.5 \
+	security.conf.5 services.5 shells.5 \
 	stab.5 statvfs.5 ttyaction.5 types.5 \
 	utmp.5 utmpx.5 weekly.conf.5 wscons.conf.5
 
diff --git a/share/man/man5/route.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/route.conf.5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74150178b217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man5/route.conf.5
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+.\"        $NetBSD: route.conf.5,v 1.1 2004/06/25 16:31:20 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Thomas Klausner
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\"    derived from this software without specific prior written permission
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd June 24, 2004
+.Dt ROUTE.CONF 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm route.conf
+.Nd static routes config file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+file is read by the
+.Pa staticroute
+rc.d script during system start-up and shutdown,
+and is intended for adding and removing static routes.
+.Ss FILE FORMAT
+Lines starting with a hash
+.Pq Sq #
+are comments and ignored.
+Lines starting with a plus sign
+.Pq Sq +
+are run during start-up,
+while lines starting with a minus sign
+.Pq Sq \-
+are run during system shutdown.
+All other lines are passed to
+.Xr route 8 .
+During start-up, they are passed behind a
+.Ic route add
+command and during shutdown behind a
+.Ic route delete
+command.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width XXetcXrouteXconfXX
+.It Pa /etc/route.conf
+The
+.Nm
+file resides in
+.Pa /etc .
+.It Pa /etc/rc.d/staticroute
+.Xr rc.d 8
+script that parses
+.Nm .
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+In this example, if the
+.Pa staticroute
+script is enabled in
+.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
+IP forwarding is turned on during
+start-up, and a static route added for 192.168.2.0.
+During system shutdown, the route is removed
+and IP forwarding turned off.
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# Turn on/off IP forwarding.
++sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
+-sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=0
+net 192.168.2.0 -netmask 255.255.255.0 192.168.150.2
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
+.Xr rc 8 ,
+.Xr route 8