diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index cc4b6a5de67..de1a8d83a05 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 rc_debug="NO"		# Set to YES to enable debugging output from rc.d
 rc_info="NO"		# Enables display of informational messages at boot.
-rc_startmsgs="NO" 	# Show "Starting foo:" messages at boot
+rc_startmsgs="YES" 	# Show "Starting foo:" messages at boot
 rcshutdown_timeout="30" # Seconds to wait before terminating rc.shutdown
 early_late_divider="FILESYSTEMS"	# Script that separates early/late
 			# stages of the boot process.  Make sure you know