diff --git a/libexec/getty/gettytab.5 b/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
index db6b1cc641c4..834e979f1b51 100644
--- a/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
+++ b/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
@@ -220,10 +220,15 @@ and
 .Em \&lm
 may include the character sequence
 .Em \&%h
-or
+to include the hostname,
 .Em \&%t
-to obtain
-the hostname or tty name respectively.
+to obtain the tty name,
+.Em \&%s
+to obtain the OS type (FreeBSD),
+.Em \&%r
+to obtain the OS release string or
+.Em \&%m
+to obtain the machine architecture type.
 .Pf ( Em %%
 obtains a single '%' character.)
 The hostname is normally obtained from the system,
diff --git a/libexec/getty/main.c b/libexec/getty/main.c
index a161ed54eb21..d0cf1b9dd162 100644
--- a/libexec/getty/main.c
+++ b/libexec/getty/main.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)main.c	5.16 (Berkeley) 3/27/91";
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include "gettytab.h"
 #include "pathnames.h"
 
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@ putf(cp)
 			break;
 
 		case 'h':
+		case 'n':
 			puts(editedhost);
 			break;
 
@@ -464,8 +466,32 @@ putf(cp)
 			(void)time(&t);
 			(void)strftime(db, sizeof(db), fmt, localtime(&t));
 			puts(db);
-			break;
 		}
+		break;
+
+		case 's': {
+			struct utsname name;
+
+			if (uname(&name) != -1)
+			    puts(name.sysname);
+		}
+		break;
+
+		case 'r': {
+			struct utsname name;
+
+			if (uname(&name) != -1)
+			    puts(name.release);
+		}
+		break;
+
+		case 'm': {
+			struct utsname name;
+
+			if (uname(&name) != -1)
+			    puts(name.machine);
+		}
+		break;
 
 		case '%':
 			putchr('%');