diff --git a/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64 b/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
index 1f6ef5e4696..d2cffde9859 100644
--- a/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
+++ b/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.26 1997/05/19 07:46:51 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.27 1997/05/27 07:17:12 jkh Exp $
 #	Do i386 specific processing
 #
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ echo '.'
 if [ "X${rand_irqs}" != X"NO" ] ; then
 	echo -n 'entropy IRQs:'
 	for irq in ${rand_irqs}; do
-		echo -n " ${irq}" && rndcontrol -q -s ${irq}
+		echo -n " ${irq}" && rndcontrol -q ${irq}
 	done
 	echo '.'
 fi
diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386 b/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
index 1f6ef5e4696..d2cffde9859 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.26 1997/05/19 07:46:51 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.27 1997/05/27 07:17:12 jkh Exp $
 #	Do i386 specific processing
 #
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ echo '.'
 if [ "X${rand_irqs}" != X"NO" ] ; then
 	echo -n 'entropy IRQs:'
 	for irq in ${rand_irqs}; do
-		echo -n " ${irq}" && rndcontrol -q -s ${irq}
+		echo -n " ${irq}" && rndcontrol -q ${irq}
 	done
 	echo '.'
 fi
diff --git a/etc/rc.conf b/etc/rc.conf
index 710e5b49158..db4baec959e 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/rc.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
 #
-#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.15 1997/05/24 11:31:56 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.16 1997/06/02 02:58:08 jkh Exp $
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Important initial Boot-time options  #####################
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ check_quotas="NO"	# Check quotas (or NO).
 accounting_enable="NO"	# Turn on process accounting (or NO).
 ibcs2_enable="NO"	# Ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
 linux_enable="NO"	# Linux emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
-rand_irqs="NO"		# Stir the entropy pool (or NO).
+rand_irqs="NO"		# Stir the entropy pool (like -s5 -s11 or NO).
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Allow local configuration override at the very end here ##