diff --git a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile
index 73c145f2894e..61ebb7700cce 100644
--- a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	firstboot-freebsd-update
-PORTVERSION=	1.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	# none
 DISTFILES=	# none
diff --git a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in
index 170fdf722676..62bb9045d8a8 100644
--- a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in
+++ b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@
 # REQUIRE: syslogd NETWORKING
 # BEFORE: LOGIN
 
+# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf (in the disk
+# image, since this only runs on the first boot) to enable this:
+#
+# firstboot_freebsd_update_enable="YES"
+
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
+: ${firstboot_freebsd_update_enable:="NO"}
+
 name="firstboot_freebsd_update"
 rcvar=firstboot_freebsd_update_enable
 start_cmd="firstboot_freebsd_update_run | logger -s -t 'freebsd-update'"