2 files changed, 74 insertions, 58 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8
index cefbf499d98a..89a94a38b448 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.8
+++ b/sbin/init/init.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)init.8	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 3, 2016
+.Dd August 7, 2018
 .Dt INIT 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -294,6 +294,74 @@ as follows:
 .Xr ttys 5
 file
 .El
+.Sh KERNEL ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+The following
+.Xr kenv 2
+variables are available as
+.Xr loader 8
+tunables:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Va init_chroot
+If set to a valid directory in the root file system, it causes
+.Nm
+to perform a
+.Xr chroot 2
+operation on that directory, making it the new root directory.
+That happens before entering single-user mode or multi-user
+mode (but after executing the
+.Va init_script
+if enabled).
+This functionality has generally been eclipsed by rerooting.
+See
+.Xr reboot 8
+.Fl r
+for details.
+.It Va init_script
+If set to a valid file name in the root file system,
+instructs
+.Nm
+to run that script as the very first action,
+before doing anything else.
+Signal handling and exit code interpretation is similar to
+running the
+.Pa /etc/rc
+script.
+In particular, single-user operation is enforced
+if the script terminates with a non-zero exit code,
+or if a SIGTERM is delivered to the
+.Nm
+process (PID 1).
+This functionality has generally been eclipsed by rerooting.
+See
+.Xr reboot 8
+.Fl r
+for details.
+.It Va init_shell
+Defines the shell binary to be used for executing the various shell scripts.
+The default is
+.Dq Li /bin/sh .
+It is used for running the
+.Va init_script
+if set, as well as for the
+.Pa /etc/rc
+and
+.Pa /etc/rc.shutdown
+scripts.
+The value of the corresponding
+.Xr kenv 2
+variable is evaluated every time
+.Nm
+calls a shell script, so it can be changed later on using the
+.Xr kenv 1
+utility.
+In particular, if a non-default shell is used for running an
+.Va init_script ,
+it might be desirable to have that script reset the value of
+.Va init_shell
+back to the default, so that the
+.Pa /etc/rc
+script is executed with the standard shell
+.Pa /bin/sh .
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /var/log/init.log -compact
 .It Pa /dev/console
diff --git a/stand/man/loader.8 b/stand/man/loader.8
index e6c26ad28bb0..5bd0724f1194 100644
--- a/stand/man/loader.8
+++ b/stand/man/loader.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 30, 2018
+.Dd August 7, 2018
 .Dt LOADER 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -478,20 +478,8 @@ directive from
 has been processed, allowing kernel panics that happen during the early stages
 of boot to be captured.
 .It Va init_chroot
-If set to a valid directory in the root file system, it causes
-.Xr init 8
-to perform a
-.Xr chroot 2
-operation on that directory, making it the new root directory.
-That happens before entering single-user mode or multi-user
-mode (but after executing the
-.Va init_script
-if enabled).
-This functionality has generally been eclipsed by rerooting.
 See
-.Xr reboot 8
-.Fl r
-for details.
+.Xr init 8 .
 .It Va init_path
 Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as the initial
 process.
@@ -499,51 +487,11 @@ The first matching binary is used.
 The default list is
 .Dq Li /sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:\:/rescue/init .
 .It Va init_script
-If set to a valid file name in the root file system,
-instructs
-.Xr init 8
-to run that script as the very first action,
-before doing anything else.
-Signal handling and exit code interpretation is similar to
-running the
-.Pa /etc/rc
-script.
-In particular, single-user operation is enforced
-if the script terminates with a non-zero exit code,
-or if a SIGTERM is delivered to the
-.Xr init 8
-process (PID 1).
-This functionality has generally been eclipsed by rerooting.
 See
-.Xr reboot 8
-.Fl r
-for details.
+.Xr init 8 .
 .It Va init_shell
-Defines the shell binary to be used for executing the various shell scripts.
-The default is
-.Dq Li /bin/sh .
-It is used for running the
-.Va init_script
-if set, as well as for the
-.Pa /etc/rc
-and
-.Pa /etc/rc.shutdown
-scripts.
-The value of the corresponding
-.Xr kenv 2
-variable is evaluated every time
-.Xr init 8
-calls a shell script, so it can be changed later on using the
-.Xr kenv 1
-utility.
-In particular, if a non-default shell is used for running an
-.Va init_script ,
-it might be desirable to have that script reset the value of
-.Va init_shell
-back to the default, so that the
-.Pa /etc/rc
-script is executed with the standard shell
-.Pa /bin/sh .
+See
+.Xr init 8 .
 .It Va interpret
 Has the value
 .Dq Li OK