diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
index b6a078924907..f1cc29c675a1 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
@@ -579,6 +579,16 @@ device		aacp	# SCSI Passthrough interface (optional, CAM required)
 # IBM (now Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers
 device		ips
 
+#
+# SafeNet crypto driver: can be moved to the MI NOTES as soon as
+# it's tested on a big-endian machine
+#
+device		safe		# SafeNet 1141
+options		SAFE_DEBUG	# enable debugging support: hw.safe.debug
+options		SAFE_RNDTEST	# enable rndtest support
+
+#####################################################################
+
 #
 # Miscellaneous hardware:
 #