diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index fd5b8cb3275d..dbdb8201d449 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -1,41 +1,14 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: rc.conf.5,v 1.26 1999/09/28 14:52:33 bouyer Exp $
-.\"
-.\"  Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
-.\"  All rights reserved.
-.\" 
-.\"  This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
-.\"  by Luke Mewburn.
-.\" 
-.\"  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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"     must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"  	This product includes software developed by Luke Mewburn.
-.\"  4. 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.
+.\"	$NetBSD: rc.conf.5,v 1.27 1999/11/23 08:12:22 lukem Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Curt J. Sampson
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael W. Long
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
+.\" This document is derived from works contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Luke Mewburn.
+.\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 .\" are met:
@@ -59,7 +32,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd February 15, 1999
+.Dd November 23, 1999
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .\" turn off hyphenation
@@ -170,6 +143,21 @@ version string in the
 file to reflect the version of the running kernel.
 See
 .Xr motd 5 .
+.It Sy dmesg
+YES or NO.
+Create
+.Pa /var/run/dmesg.boot
+from the output of
+.Xr dmesg 8 .
+Passes
+.Sy dmesg_flags .
+.It Sy accounting
+YES or NO.
+Enables process accounting with
+.Xr accton 8 .
+Requires
+.Pa /var/account/acct
+to exist.
 .It Sy defcorename
 A string.
 This sets the default core name template, from which are derived core dump