diff --git a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
index 2364d7fc0fad..eeadae5f5275 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ monthly_local="/etc/monthly.local"			# Local scripts
 
 # Security options
 
+security_show_success="YES"				# scripts returning 0
+security_show_info="YES"				# scripts returning 1
+security_show_badconfig="NO"				# scripts returning 2
+
 # These options are used by the security periodic(8) scripts spawned in
 # daily and weekly 450.status-security.
 security_status_logdir="/var/log"			# Directory for logs
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
index 175119de5a39..b7bfdf6d7a06 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 30, 2007
+.Dd May 20, 2016
 .Dt PERIODIC 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ table
 the top level directory containing
 .Pa daily ,
 .Pa weekly ,
+.Pa monthly ,
 and
-.Pa monthly
+.Pa security
 subdirectories which contain standard system periodic executables
 .It Pa /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
 the
@@ -175,9 +176,9 @@ the
 system registry contains variables that control the behaviour of
 .Nm
 and the standard
-.Pa daily , weekly ,
+.Pa daily , weekly , monthly ,
 and
-.Pa monthly
+.Pa security
 scripts
 .It Pa /etc/periodic.conf
 this file contains local overrides for the default
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
index c27aeee1d309..b2605200f79e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 #
 # Run nightly periodic scripts
 #
-# usage: periodic { daily | weekly | monthly } - run standard periodic scripts
+# usage: periodic { daily | weekly | monthly | security } - run standard scripts
 #        periodic /absolute/path/to/directory  - run periodic scripts in dir
 #
 
 usage () {
     echo "usage: $0 <directory of files to execute>" 1>&2
-    echo "or     $0 { daily | weekly | monthly }"    1>&2
+    echo "or     $0 { daily | weekly | monthly | security }"    1>&2
     exit 1
 }