2 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.d.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.d.8
index 82f1d1d8346..9847434df80 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.d.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.d.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: rc.d.8,v 1.26 2014/07/22 08:48:07 ajacoutot Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: rc.d.8,v 1.27 2015/01/15 09:20:37 ajacoutot Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Robert Nagy, Antoine Jacoutot, Ingo Schwarze
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 22 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2015 $
 .Dt RC.D 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -115,11 +115,20 @@ User to run the daemon as, using
 .Xr su 1 .
 .It Ar daemon Ns _timeout
 Maximum time in seconds to wait for the
-.Cm start ,
+.Cm start
+(only if
+.Va rc_bg
+is set),
 .Cm stop
 and
 .Cm reload
 actions to return.
+This is only guaranteed with the default
+.Ic rc_start ,
+.Ic rc_stop
+and
+.Ic rc_reload
+functions.
 .El
 .Pp
 To obtain the actual variable names, replace
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8
index 4f6cce78140..6b08bd504bd 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" 	$OpenBSD: rc.subr.8,v 1.27 2014/09/22 16:27:03 schwarze Exp $
+.\" 	$OpenBSD: rc.subr.8,v 1.28 2015/01/15 09:20:37 ajacoutot Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Robert Nagy, Antoine Jacoutot, Ingo Schwarze
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 22 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2015 $
 .Dt RC.SUBR 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -234,11 +234,20 @@ User to run the daemon as, using
 .Xr su 1 .
 .It Va daemon_timeout
 Maximum time in seconds to wait for the
-.Cm start ,
+.Cm start
+(only if
+.Va rc_bg
+is set),
 .Cm stop
 and
 .Cm reload
 actions to return.
+This is only guaranteed with the default
+.Ic rc_start ,
+.Ic rc_stop
+and
+.Ic rc_reload
+functions.
 .It Va daemon_class
 Login class to run the daemon with, using
 .Xr su 1 .