diff --git a/src/etc/passwd.conf b/src/etc/passwd.conf
index 9b47f27e..caa22c36 100644
--- a/src/etc/passwd.conf
+++ b/src/etc/passwd.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: passwd.conf,v 1.4 1997/03/27 23:09:13 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: passwd.conf,v 1.5 1997/03/30 19:20:04 deraadt Exp $
 #
 # Passwd configuration file
 #
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 # they can take values of
 #	old		- old unix style salt of 12bit (YP compatible)
 #	newsalt		- DES hash with salt of 64 bit
-#	md5		- MD5 hashing algorithm
-#	blowfish,x	- Blowfish cipher, x is number of rounds
-#			  128 bit salt, 4 rounds are min, 31 max (BEST!)
+#	md5		- MD5 hashing algorithm (FreeBSD-compat)
+#	blowfish,x	- Blowfish cipher, x is number of rounds (BEST!)
+#			  128 bit salt, 4 rounds are min, 31 max
 
 default:
 	localcipher=old