2 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
index 0b86490dfec9..a0d96dfeb7b1 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
+++ b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ values to which they are to be set.
 .It shell	prog		Session shell to execute rather than the
 shell specified in the passwd file. The SHELL environment variable will
 contain the shell specified in the password file.
-.It term	string	su	Default terminal type if not able to determine from
+.It term	string		Default terminal type if not able to determine from
 other means.
 .It timezone	string		Default value of $TZ environment variable.
 .It umask	number	022	Initial umask. Should always have a leading 0 to
diff --git a/lib/libutil/login_class.c b/lib/libutil/login_class.c
index 2cd65bde96b2..478d9b22cd5f 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login_class.c
+++ b/lib/libutil/login_class.c
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 #include <sys/rtprio.h>
 
 
-#undef	UNKNOWN
-#define	UNKNOWN	"su"
-
-
 static struct login_res {
     const char *what;
     rlim_t (*who)(login_cap_t *, const char *, rlim_t, rlim_t);
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ static struct login_vars {
     { "lang",		"LANG",	      NULL    },
     { "charset",	"MM_CHARSET", NULL    },
     { "timezone",	"TZ",	      NULL    },
-    { "term",		"TERM",       UNKNOWN },
+    { "term",		"TERM",       NULL    },
     { NULL,		NULL,	      NULL    }
 };