diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index c944dcc08e71..23ac16b24eb3 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id$
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.43 1997/02/23 09:20:41 peter Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -138,3 +138,11 @@
 #SUPFILE=        /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
 #SUPFILE1=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure-supfile
 #SUPFILE2=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
+
+#
+# top(1) uses a hash table for the user names.  The size of this hash
+# can be tuned to match the number of local users.  The table size should
+# be a prime number approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
+# /etc/passwd.  The default number is 20011.
+#
+#TOP_TABLE_SIZE= 101
diff --git a/etc/make.conf b/etc/make.conf
index c944dcc08e71..23ac16b24eb3 100644
--- a/etc/make.conf
+++ b/etc/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id$
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.43 1997/02/23 09:20:41 peter Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -138,3 +138,11 @@
 #SUPFILE=        /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
 #SUPFILE1=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure-supfile
 #SUPFILE2=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
+
+#
+# top(1) uses a hash table for the user names.  The size of this hash
+# can be tuned to match the number of local users.  The table size should
+# be a prime number approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
+# /etc/passwd.  The default number is 20011.
+#
+#TOP_TABLE_SIZE= 101
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index c944dcc08e71..23ac16b24eb3 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id$
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.43 1997/02/23 09:20:41 peter Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -138,3 +138,11 @@
 #SUPFILE=        /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
 #SUPFILE1=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure-supfile
 #SUPFILE2=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
+
+#
+# top(1) uses a hash table for the user names.  The size of this hash
+# can be tuned to match the number of local users.  The table size should
+# be a prime number approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
+# /etc/passwd.  The default number is 20011.
+#
+#TOP_TABLE_SIZE= 101