diff --git a/etc/rc.conf b/etc/rc.conf
index 5523be8e2a3f..ffd02d4eeb09 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/rc.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
 #
-#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.23 1997/08/16 17:07:13 pst Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.24 1997/08/17 10:04:52 jkh Exp $
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Important initial Boot-time options  #####################
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pccard_enable="NO"	# Set to YES if you want to configure PCCARD devices.
 pccard_mem="DEFAULT"	# If pccard_enable=YES, this is card memory address.
 pccard_ifconfig="NO"	# Specialized pccard ethernet configuration (or NO).
 local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d"	# startup script dirs.
-local_cron="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" # periodic script dirs
+local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" # periodic script dirs
 
 
 ##############################################################
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
index a1ae2e61f06b..ec5da2eee870 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: periodic.8,v 1.3 1997/08/13 16:27:59 ache Exp $
+.\"	$Id: periodic.8,v 1.4 1997/08/16 17:08:35 pst Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd 13 August 1997
 .Os FreeBSD 3.0
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ subdirectories which contain standard system periodic executables.
 The
 .Pa rc.conf
 system registry contains a variable
-.Va local_cron
+.Va local_periodic
 which may be configured to specify additional top level standard
 periodic directories, such as
 .Pa /usr/local/etc/periodic
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
index d1625f786247..593d6c5ad8b4 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-# $Id: periodic.sh,v 1.3 1997/08/13 06:23:54 pst Exp $
+# $Id: periodic.sh,v 1.4 1997/08/16 17:08:35 pst Exp $
 #
 # Run nightly periodic scripts
 #
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ run=`basename $dir`
 
 if [ "$dir" = "$run" ] ; then
     dirlist=""
-    for top in /etc/periodic ${local_cron} ; do
+    for top in /etc/periodic ${local_periodic} ; do
 	if [ -d $top/$dir ] ; then
 	    dirlist="${dirlist} $top/$dir"
 	fi