diff --git a/sysutils/gapcmon/Makefile b/sysutils/gapcmon/Makefile
index 302f958c19c5..33c955a2d15e 100644
--- a/sysutils/gapcmon/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gapcmon/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	gapcmon
-PORTVERSION=	0.8.7
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.8
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	SFE
 
diff --git a/sysutils/gapcmon/distinfo b/sysutils/gapcmon/distinfo
index 5c1b64d04cea..101c929e1071 100644
--- a/sysutils/gapcmon/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/gapcmon/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (gapcmon-0.8.7.tar.bz2) = 5aca97aced2a50c0e87a34c3711f94a2
-SHA256 (gapcmon-0.8.7.tar.bz2) = 5bccdbd6650bc8cd4ca9a0e6180678027e489c893ceb0500941bad6459394fb4
-SIZE (gapcmon-0.8.7.tar.bz2) = 125651
+MD5 (gapcmon-0.8.8.tar.bz2) = 18104d4e9e72cb157f2ef60434bba7d4
+SHA256 (gapcmon-0.8.8.tar.bz2) = ccebe9aaeed7c4b09706bbbe80d7a9685911166f254598968a724047c4591ba3
+SIZE (gapcmon-0.8.8.tar.bz2) = 125605
diff --git a/sysutils/gapcmon/files/pkg-message.in b/sysutils/gapcmon/files/pkg-message.in
index 3d1fd42808c7..55e18d3e111c 100644
--- a/sysutils/gapcmon/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/sysutils/gapcmon/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-***
-For GapcMon to work, you must enable apcupsd's NIS by adding the following to
-your apcupsd.conf:
+*******************************************************************************
+ GapcMon requires apcupsd's Network Information Service (NIS) even for local
+ installations.  You may enable apcupsd's NIS by adding the following line
+ to your %%LOCALBASE%%/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf:
 
-NETSERVER on
-***
+ NETSERVER on
+*******************************************************************************