diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index e80b0e85e286..0e2879e057a9 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
 #
-#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.24 1999/08/03 10:11:02 eivind Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.25 1999/08/10 09:45:32 des Exp $
 
 ##############################################################
 ###  Important initial Boot-time options  ####################
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ natd_interface="fxp0"           # Public interface or IPaddress to use.
 natd_flags=""                   # Additional flags for natd.
 tcp_extensions="NO"		# Set to Yes to turn on RFC1323 extensions.
 log_in_vain="NO"		# Disallow bad connection logging (or YES).
-tcp_keepalive="YES"		# Kill dead TCP connections (or NO).
+tcp_keepalive="YES"		# Enable stale tcp connection timeout (or NO).
 icmp_drop_redirect="NO"		# Set to YES to ignore ICMP REDIRECT packets
 icmp_log_redirect="NO"		# Set to YES to log ICMP REDIRECT packets
 network_interfaces="auto"	# List of network interfaces (or "auto").