diff --git a/src/etc/rc b/src/etc/rc
index e09544d8..9dc3f441 100644
--- a/src/etc/rc
+++ b/src/etc/rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: rc,v 1.152 2000/09/01 06:56:48 aaron Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: rc,v 1.153 2000/09/06 17:19:27 millert Exp $
 
 # System startup script run by init on autoboot
 # or after single-user.
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ fi
 # sendmail isn't run.  We call sendmail with a full path so that
 # SIGHUP works.
 if [ "X${sendmail_flags}" != X"NO" -a -s /etc/mail/sendmail.cf ]; then
-	echo -n ' sendmail';		( /usr/sbin/sendmail ${sendmail_flags} >/dev/null & )
+	echo -n ' sendmail';		( /usr/sbin/sendmail ${sendmail_flags} >/dev/null 2>&1 & )
 fi
 
 if [ "X${httpd_flags}" != X"NO"  ]; then