diff --git a/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh b/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
index 8e4bcc3b0d06..62ec224feb50 100644
--- a/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
+++ b/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ s/\$//g
 		printf " * $%s$\n", "FreeBSD" > syshdr
 		printf "# FreeBSD system call names.\n" > sysmk
 		printf "# DO NOT EDIT-- this file is automatically generated.\n" > sysmk
-		printf " * $%s$\n", "FreeBSD" > sysmk
+		printf "# $%s$\n", "FreeBSD" > sysmk
 	}
 	NR == 1 {
 		gsub("[$]FreeBSD: ", "", $0)