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diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index cd95d9c..418f607 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
-# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
+# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "", "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
# in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
-# Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged.
+# Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged, using "" makes hwclock fall back
+# to the value in /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
+# Note: if unset, the value in /etc/localtime is used unchanged
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ HOSTNAME="myhost"
# Wired network setup
# - interface: name of device (required)
# - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
-# - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP)
+# - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
# - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
# - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
#