.\" @(#)rc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man8/rc.8,v 1.22 2002/12/12 17:25:58 ru Exp $
.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man8/rc.8,v 1.12 2008/05/02 02:05:06 swildner Exp $
-.Dd July 24, 2009
+.Dd September 28, 2009
.Dt RC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Xr fsck 8
with option
.Fl p
-and
-.Fl F
to
.Dq preen
-all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
+all
+.Xr UFS 5
+file systems of minor inconsistencies resulting
from the last system shutdown.
-If this fails, then checks/repairs of serious inconsistencies
-caused by hardware or software failure will be performed
-in the background at the end of the booting process.
+If preening fails further action depends on the
+.Xr rc.conf 5
+variable
+.Va fsck_y_enable :
+if the value is
+.Dq NO
+(default)
+.Nm
+exits, if value is
+.Dq YES ,
+.Xr fsck 8
+is run with option
+.Fl y ,
+if this also fails
+.Nm
+exits.
If
.Cm autoboot
is not set, when going from single-user to multi-user mode for example,