diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index c907ec7107e9..1e7d31501b79 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit		/dev/console
-*.notice;kern.debug;lpr,auth.info;mail.crit	/var/log/messages
+*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err	/var/log/messages
 mail.info					/var/log/maillog
 lpr.info					/var/log/lpd-errs
 cron.*						/var/cron/log
 *.err						root
-*.notice;auth.debug				root
+*.notice;news.err				root
 *.alert						root
 *.emerg						*
+# uncomment these if you're running inn
+# news.crit					/var/log/news/news.crit
+# news.err					/var/log/news/news.err
+# news.notice					/var/log/news/news.notice
 !startslip
 *.*						/var/log/slip.log