diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8
index 4f5d6234d731..5aa5e6a8f265 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8
+++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: vmstat.8,v 1.12 1996/05/10 23:19:30 thorpej Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: vmstat.8,v 1.13 1998/01/04 03:59:04 thorpej Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -63,12 +63,7 @@ If no
 interval is specified, the default is 1 second.
 .TP
 \-f
-Report on the number
-.IR fork (2)
-and
-.IR vfork (2)
-system calls since system startup, and the number of pages of virtual memory
-involved in each.
+Report fork statistics.
 .TP
 \-i
 Report on the number of interrupts taken by each device since system
diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
index 3708ad05884a..295dfd9d4d62 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: vmstat.c,v 1.39 1997/11/01 06:51:49 lukem Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: vmstat.c,v 1.40 1998/01/04 03:59:05 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1980, 1986, 1991, 1993
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 1980, 1986, 1991, 1993\n\
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)vmstat.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/1/95";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: vmstat.c,v 1.39 1997/11/01 06:51:49 lukem Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: vmstat.c,v 1.40 1998/01/04 03:59:05 thorpej Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -105,15 +105,13 @@ struct nlist namelist[] = {
 #ifdef notdef
 #define	X_DEFICIT	13
 	{ "_deficit" },
-#define	X_FORKSTAT	14
-	{ "_forkstat" },
-#define X_REC		15
+#define X_REC		14
 	{ "_rectime" },
-#define X_PGIN		16
+#define X_PGIN		15
 	{ "_pgintime" },
-#define	X_XSTATS	17
+#define	X_XSTATS	16
 	{ "_xstats" },
-#define X_END		18
+#define X_END		17
 #else
 #define X_END		13
 #endif
@@ -163,9 +161,9 @@ long	getuptime __P((void));
 void	printhdr __P((void));
 long	pct __P((long, long));
 void	usage __P((void));
+void	doforkst __P((void));
 #ifdef notdef
 void	dotimes __P((void));
-void	doforkst __P((void));
 #endif
 
 int	main __P((int, char **));
@@ -197,11 +195,9 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		case 'c':
 			reps = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
-#ifndef notdef
 		case 'f':
 			todo |= FORKSTAT;
 			break;
-#endif
 		case 'i':
 			todo |= INTRSTAT;
 			break;
@@ -293,10 +289,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	} else if (reps)
 		interval = 1;
 
-#ifdef notdef
 	if (todo & FORKSTAT)
 		doforkst();
-#endif
 	if (todo & MEMSTAT)
 		domem();
 	if (todo & SUMSTAT)
@@ -640,19 +634,16 @@ dosum()
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef notdef
 void
 doforkst()
 {
-	struct forkstat fks;
 
-	kread(X_FORKSTAT, &fks, sizeof(struct forkstat));
-	(void)printf("%d forks, %d pages, average %.2f\n",
-	    fks.cntfork, fks.sizfork, (double)fks.sizfork / fks.cntfork);
-	(void)printf("%d vforks, %d pages, average %.2f\n",
-	    fks.cntvfork, fks.sizvfork, (double)fks.sizvfork / fks.cntvfork);
+	kread(X_SUM, &sum, sizeof(sum));
+	(void)printf("%u forks total\n", sum.v_forks);
+	(void)printf("%u forks blocked parent\n", sum.v_forks_ppwait);
+	(void)printf("%u forks shared address space with parent\n",
+	    sum.v_forks_sharevm);
 }
-#endif
 
 void
 dkstats()