diff --git a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
index 4bb38fe61a7..3a7789a95a0 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
@@ -1506,10 +1506,10 @@ Do not apply the Relocation Read-Only (RELRO) vulnerability mitigation.
 See also the
 .Va BIND_NOW
 option.
-.It Va WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD
-Exclude build metadata (such as the build time, user, or host)
-from the kernel, boot loaders, and uname output, so that builds produce
-bit-for-bit identical output.
+.It Va WITHOUT_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD
+Include build metadata (such as the build time, user, and host)
+in the kernel, boot loaders, and uname output.
+Successive builds will not be bit-for-bit identical.
 .It Va WITHOUT_RESCUE
 Do not build
 .Xr rescue 8 .
diff --git a/sys/conf/kern.opts.mk b/sys/conf/kern.opts.mk
index f8bedab700b..de32da2aceb 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kern.opts.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kern.opts.mk
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
     NETGRAPH \
     OFED \
     PF \
+    REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD \
     SCTP_SUPPORT \
     SOURCELESS_HOST \
     SOURCELESS_UCODE \
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ __DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS = \
     INIT_ALL_ZERO \
     KERNEL_RETPOLINE \
     RATELIMIT \
-    REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD \
     VERIEXEC
 
 # Some options are totally broken on some architectures. We disable