diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 87d92168191..3c77d8dbb2e 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ###  Important initial Boot-time options  ####################
 ##############################################################
 
-rc_debug="NO"		# Set to YES to enable debugging output from rc.d
+#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="YES" 	# Show "Starting foo:" messages at boot
 rcshutdown_timeout="90" # Seconds to wait before terminating rc.shutdown