diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.5 b/usr.sbin/config/config.5
index fa745feb05f0..c33661f93937 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.5
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ All
 .Ic env
 and
 .Ic envvar
-directives will be processed and added to the staitc environment in the order of
-appearance.
+directives will be processed and added to the static environment in reversed
+order of appearance so that later specified variables properly override earlier
+specified variables.
 Note that within
 .Ar filename ,
 the first appearance of a given variable will be the first one seen by the
@@ -150,8 +151,9 @@ All
 .Ic env
 and
 .Ic envvar
-directives will be processed and added to the staitc environment in the order of
-appearance.
+directives will be processed and added to the static environment in reversed
+order of appearance so that later specified variables properly override earlier
+specified variables.
 .\" -------- FILES --------
 .Pp
 .It Ic files Ar filename
@@ -178,7 +180,9 @@ The file
 must conform to the syntax specified by
 .Xr device.hints 5 .
 Multiple hints lines are allowed.
-The resulting hints will be the files concatenated in the order of appearance.
+The resulting hints will be the files concatenated in reverse order of
+appearance so that hints in later files properly override hints in earlier
+files.
 .\" -------- IDENT --------
 .Pp
 .It Ic ident Ar name
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.y b/usr.sbin/config/config.y
index c79bc376b788..33658c54a823 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.y
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.y
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Config_spec:
 		if (hint == NULL)
 			err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");	
 		hint->hint_name = $2;
-		STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&hints, hint, hint_next);
+		STAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&hints, hint, hint_next);
 		hintmode = 1;
 	        }
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ newenvvar(char *name, bool is_file)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
 	envvar->env_str = name;
 	envvar->env_is_file = is_file;
-	STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&envvars, envvar, envvar_next);
+	STAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&envvars, envvar, envvar_next);
 	envmode = 1;
 }