diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5 b/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5
index 5c7d129a6054..dd9faa05c869 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .\" ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
 .\" SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd June 23, 2021
+.Dd November 3, 2021
 .Dt DEVD.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ Notification of a filesystem being unmounted.
 .Bl -column "System" "Subsystem" "1234567" -compact
 .Sy "System" Ta Sy "Subsystem" Ta Sy "Type" Ta Sy "Description"
 .It Li VT Ta BELL Ta RING Ta
-Notification that the console bell has run.
+Notification that the console bell has rung.
 See
 .Xr vt 4
 for details.
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4
index 1ed344237eb9..c31eae0ec274 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 4, 2020
+.Dd November 3, 2021
 .Dt "VT" 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -301,13 +301,14 @@ keyboard layouts
 .Bl -column "System" "Subsystem" "1234567" -compact
 .Sy "System" Ta Sy "Subsystem" Ta Sy "Type" Ta Sy "Description"
 .It Li VT Ta BELL Ta RING Ta
-Notification that the console bell has run.
+Notification that the console bell has rung.
 .El
 .Pp
 .Bl -column "Variable" "Meaning" -compact
 .Sy "Variable" Ta Sy "Meaning"
 .It Li duration_ms Ta Length of time the bell was requested to ring in milliseconds.
-.It Li enabled Ta true or false indicating whether or not the bell was enabled when rung.
+.It Li enabled Ta true or false indicating whether or not the bell was administratively enabled when rung.
+.It Li hushed Ta true or false indicating whether or not the bell was quieted by the user when rung.
 .It Li hz Ta Tone that was requested in Hz.
 .El
 .Pp
diff --git a/sys/dev/vt/vt_core.c b/sys/dev/vt/vt_core.c
index 06f5827078ca..0fab05ff4096 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vt/vt_core.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vt/vt_core.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ const struct terminal_class vt_termclass = {
 
 /* Bell pitch/duration. */
 #define	VT_BELLDURATION	(SBT_1S / 20)
-#define	VT_BELLPITCH	800
+#define	VT_BELLPITCH	(1193182 / 800) /* Approx 1491Hz */
 
 #define	VT_UNIT(vw)	((vw)->vw_device->vd_unit * VT_MAXWINDOWS + \
 			(vw)->vw_number)
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ vt_allocate_keyboard(struct vt_device *vd)
 
 #define DEVCTL_LEN 64
 static void
-vtterm_devctl(bool enabled, int hz, sbintime_t duration)
+vtterm_devctl(bool enabled, bool hushed, int hz, sbintime_t duration)
 {
 	struct sbuf sb;
 	char *buf;
@@ -1103,8 +1103,9 @@ vtterm_devctl(bool enabled, int hz, sbintime_t duration)
 	if (buf == NULL)
 		return;
 	sbuf_new(&sb, buf, DEVCTL_LEN, SBUF_FIXEDLEN);
-	sbuf_printf(&sb, "enabled=%s hz=%d duration_ms=%d",
-	    enabled ? "true" : "false", hz, (int)(duration / SBT_1MS));
+	sbuf_printf(&sb, "enabled=%s hushed=%s hz=%d duration_ms=%d",
+	    enabled ? "true" : "false", hushed ? "true" : "false",
+	    hz, (int)(duration / SBT_1MS));
 	sbuf_finish(&sb);
 	if (sbuf_error(&sb) == 0)
 		devctl_notify("VT", "BELL", "RING", sbuf_data(&sb));
@@ -1118,8 +1119,8 @@ vtterm_bell(struct terminal *tm)
 	struct vt_window *vw = tm->tm_softc;
 	struct vt_device *vd = vw->vw_device;
 
-	vtterm_devctl(vt_enable_bell, vw->vw_bell_pitch,
-		vw->vw_bell_duration);
+	vtterm_devctl(vt_enable_bell, vd->vd_flags & VDF_QUIET_BELL,
+	    vw->vw_bell_pitch, vw->vw_bell_duration);
 
 	if (!vt_enable_bell)
 		return;
@@ -1139,6 +1140,8 @@ vtterm_beep(struct terminal *tm, u_int param)
 {
 	u_int freq;
 	sbintime_t period;
+	struct vt_window *vw = tm->tm_softc;
+	struct vt_device *vd = vw->vw_device;
 
 	if ((param == 0) || ((param & 0xffff) == 0)) {
 		vtterm_bell(tm);
@@ -1148,7 +1151,8 @@ vtterm_beep(struct terminal *tm, u_int param)
 	period = ((param >> 16) & 0xffff) * SBT_1MS;
 	freq = 1193182 / (param & 0xffff);
 
-	vtterm_devctl(vt_enable_bell, freq, period);
+	vtterm_devctl(vt_enable_bell, vd->vd_flags & VDF_QUIET_BELL,
+	    freq, period);
 
 	if (!vt_enable_bell)
 		return;