diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
index 643547ba0c0f..d02998019b5b 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
@@ -134,11 +134,15 @@ purpose programs such as
 and
 .Nm netstat .
 .Pp
-Some of the variables which can not be modified during normal system
-operation can be initialized by setting them from
-.Xr loader 8 .
-This can for example be done by setting the variable in
+Some of the variables which cannot be modified during normal system
+operation can be initialized via
+.Xr loader 8
+tunables.
+This can for example be done by setting them in
 .Xr loader.conf 5 .
+Please refer to
+.Xr loader.conf 5
+for more information on which tunables are available and how to set them.
 .Pp
 The string and integer information is summarized below.
 For a detailed description of these variable see