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diff --git a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
index cded0f1b4d2..eb8c5a1443a 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: reboot.8,v 1.19 2000/11/09 03:57:33 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: reboot.8,v 1.20 2001/01/05 04:27:23 marc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: reboot.8,v 1.3 1995/10/05 05:36:21 mycroft Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ This option should probably not be used.
Causes the system to power down, if it is being halted, and the
hardware supports automatic power down.
(Currently supported on some i386, sparc, and mac68k platforms.)
+.Sy Note :
+If this option does not work on your i386 machine try setting
+.Li machdep.apmhalt
+to the value 1 using
+.Xr sysctl 8 .
+This can be set at boot time in
+.Pa sysctl.conf .
.El
.Pp
Normally, the
@@ -93,6 +100,7 @@ users advance warning of their impending doom.
script which is run at shutdown time
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
.Xr utmp 5 ,
.Xr boot 8 ,
.Xr rc.shutdown 8 ,
@@ -108,7 +116,8 @@ script which is run at shutdown time
.Xr boot_powerpc 8 ,
.Xr boot_sparc 8 ,
.Xr boot_sun3 8 ,
-.Xr boot_vax 8
+.Xr boot_vax 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm reboot