diff --git a/src/etc/syslog.conf b/src/etc/syslog.conf
index 30ddddf6..9e26f504 100644
--- a/src/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/src/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: syslog.conf,v 1.18 2015/07/17 21:45:52 ajacoutot Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: syslog.conf,v 1.19 2015/11/26 15:25:14 deraadt Exp $
 #
 
 *.notice;auth,authpriv,cron,ftp,kern,lpr,mail,user.none	/var/log/messages
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mail.info						/var/log/maillog
 #*.notice;auth.debug					root
 
 # Everyone gets emergency messages.
-*.emerg							*
+#*.emerg							*
 
 # Uncomment to log to a central host named "loghost".  You need to run
 # syslogd with the -u option on the remote host if you are using this.