diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.subr b/libexec/rc/rc.subr
index c1f0469ba11..93d2cfda87b 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.subr
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.subr
@@ -887,8 +887,8 @@ check_startmsgs()
 #			by $flags from the environment.
 #			This variable may be changed by the precmd method.
 #
-#       rc_service      Path to the service being executed, in case it needs to
-#                       re-invoked.
+#       rc_service      Path to the service being executed, in case the service
+#                       needs to re-invoke itself.
 #
 #	rc_pid		PID of command (if appropriate)
 #