diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/forward.c b/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
index a864eddb4839..6a14351073b1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@
  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
+#if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)forward.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
+#endif
+static const char rcsid[] =
+  "$FreeBSD$";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/misc.c b/usr.bin/tail/misc.c
index 8891819e7391..c4edfc36ed5d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/misc.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/misc.c
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
+#if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)misc.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
+#endif
+static const char rcsid[] =
+  "$FreeBSD$";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/read.c b/usr.bin/tail/read.c
index feecf3cc53d4..771191c73f1f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/read.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/read.c
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
+#if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)read.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
+#endif
+static const char rcsid[] =
+  "$FreeBSD$";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/tail.c b/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
index 416d44145e86..88078cbe0bad 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
@@ -35,13 +35,17 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char copyright[] =
+static const char copyright[] =
 "@(#) Copyright (c) 1991, 1993\n\
 	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.\n";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #ifndef lint
+#if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)tail.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
+#endif
+static const char rcsid[] =
+  "$FreeBSD$";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>