diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 index e3b3c4723fea..4501a95f8065 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 25, 2004 +.Dd September 20, 2004 .Dt RC.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -2444,7 +2444,12 @@ man page. .Pq Vt str Indicates the device (usually a swap partition) to which a crash dump should be written in the event of a system crash. -The value of this variable is passed as the argument to +If the value of this variable is +.Dq Li AUTO , +the first suitable swap device listed in +.Pa /etc/fstab +will be used as dump device. +Otherwise, the value of this variable is passed as the argument to .Xr dumpon 8 . To disable crash dumps, set this variable to .Dq Li NO .