diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
index 266ddc79921..01873baa35c 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_IA32		# Compatible with i386 binaries
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
index 83f51124763..c30f1249910 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/XEN b/sys/i386/conf/XEN
index c3ecbe1b785..92958440a4e 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/XEN
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/XEN
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
diff --git a/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
index 793190d2412..37d76fe3e89 100644
--- a/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ makeoptions	DEBUG=-g	# Build kernel with debug information.
 
 options 	AUDIT		# Security event auditing
 options 	CD9660		# ISO 9660 Filesystem
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY	# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY	# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6	# Compatible with FreeBSD6
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD7	# Compatible with FreeBSD7
 options 	DDB		# Support DDB
diff --git a/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC b/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC
index 32c9cb07b61..806431ef0f0 100644
--- a/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC
index f339c9c9ada..2a624ce17dc 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		#Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		#GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		#Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		#BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		#BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		#Keep this for a while
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		#Compatible with FreeBSD5
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		#Compatible with FreeBSD6
diff --git a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
index ef09202cbd5..5b9f43373e7 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD7		# Compatible with FreeBSD7
diff --git a/sys/sun4v/conf/GENERIC b/sys/sun4v/conf/GENERIC
index 1a3f695e761..ef9cdb32c1c 100644
--- a/sys/sun4v/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/sun4v/conf/GENERIC
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
-options 	COMPAT_43		# Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
-options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
+options 	COMPAT_43		# Compatible with BSD 4.3 (sgtty)
+options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support