diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.README b/share/mk/bsd.README
index e4038487f2f7..faaf5f303fc0 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.README
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.README
@@ -292,6 +292,20 @@ PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
 		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
 		of PROG if PROG is also set.
 
+PROGS		When used with <bsd.progs.mk>, allow building multiple
+PROGS_CXX	PROG and PROGS_CXX in one Makefile.  To define
+		individual variables for each program the VAR.prog
+		syntax should be used.  For example:
+
+		PROGS=		foo bar
+		SRCS.foo=	foo_src.c
+		LIBADD.foo=	util
+		SRCS.bar=	bar_src.c
+
+		The supported variables are BINDIR BINGRP BINMODE BINOWN
+		CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS DPSRCS LDADD
+		LDFLAGS LIBADD MAN MLINKS PROGNAME SRCS.
+
 PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
 		different from ${PROG}.
 
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk b/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
index fcaf358889f0..dce109f0fa80 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ PROG ?= $t
 
 .if defined(PROG)
 # just one of many
-PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS += BINDIR DPSRCS MAN SRCS
-PROG_VARS += CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS LDADD LIBADD LDFLAGS ${PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS}
+PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS +=	BINDIR BINGRP BINOWN BINMODE DPSRCS MAN PROGNAME \
+			SRCS
+PROG_VARS +=	CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS LDADD LIBADD LINKS \
+		LDFLAGS MLINKS ${PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS}
 .for v in ${PROG_VARS:O:u}
 .if empty(${PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS:M$v})
 .if defined(${v}.${PROG})