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-.Dd November 14, 2012
+.Dd December 7, 2012
.Dt RC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
is used to override settings in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
for historical reasons.
-See the
+In addition to
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
+you can also place smaller configuration files for each
+.Xr rc 8
+script in the
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d
+directory, which will be included by the
+.Va load_rc_config
+function.
+For jail configurations you could use the file
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/jail
+to store jail specific configuration options.
+Also see the
.Va rc_conf_files
variable below.
.Pp