diff --git a/ObsoleteFiles.inc b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
index 090e4bb56b18..650f84b0c097 100644
--- a/ObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
 # The file is partitioned: OLD_FILES first, then OLD_LIBS and OLD_DIRS last.
 #
 
+# 20091218: removal of rc.early(8) link
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man8/rc.early.8.gz
+# 20091027: pselect.3 implemented as syscall
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man3/pselect.3.gz
+# 20091005: fusword.9 and susword.9 removed
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man9/fusword.9.gz
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man9/susword.9.gz
+# 20090909: vesa and dpms promoted to be i386/amd64 common
+OLD_FILES+=usr/include/machine/pc/vesa.h
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/i386/dpms.4.gz
 # 20090904: remove lukemftpd
 OLD_FILES+=usr/libexec/lukemftpd
 OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man5/ftpd.conf.5.gz
diff --git a/share/man/man8/Makefile b/share/man/man8/Makefile
index 0b1654443fb1..279a87403ef5 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man8/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ MAN=	crash.8 \
 
 MLINKS=	rc.8 rc.atm.8 \
 	rc.8 rc.d.8 \
-	rc.8 rc.early.8 \
 	rc.8 rc.firewall.8 \
 	rc.8 rc.local.8 \
 	rc.8 rc.network.8 \
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8
index aa607beb554d..4f24a3639807 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)rc.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 18, 2007
+.Dd November 17, 2009
 .Dt RC 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -394,20 +394,6 @@ is not set, when going from single-user to multi-user mode for example,
 the script does not do anything.
 .Pp
 The
-.Nm rc.early
-script is run very early in the startup process, immediately before the
-file system check.
-The
-.Nm rc.early
-script is deprecated.
-Any commands in this
-file should be separated out into
-.Nm rc.d/
-style scripts and integrated into the
-.Nm
-system.
-.Pp
-The
 .Pa /etc/rc.d/local
 script can execute scripts from multiple
 .Nm rc.d/