Index: head/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ head/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -123,18 +123,22 @@
 
 /* XXX This should be vm_size_t. */
 SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, KERN_PS_STRINGS, ps_strings, CTLTYPE_ULONG|CTLFLAG_RD|
-    CTLFLAG_CAPRD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_ps_strings, "LU", "");
+    CTLFLAG_CAPRD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_ps_strings, "LU",
+    "Location of process' ps_strings structure");
 
 /* XXX This should be vm_size_t. */
 SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, KERN_USRSTACK, usrstack, CTLTYPE_ULONG|CTLFLAG_RD|
-    CTLFLAG_CAPRD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_usrstack, "LU", "");
+    CTLFLAG_CAPRD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_usrstack, "LU",
+    "Top of process stack");
 
 SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, OID_AUTO, stackprot, CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
-    NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_stackprot, "I", "");
+    NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_stackprot, "I",
+    "Stack memory permissions");
 
 u_long ps_arg_cache_limit = PAGE_SIZE / 16;
 SYSCTL_ULONG(_kern, OID_AUTO, ps_arg_cache_limit, CTLFLAG_RW, 
-    &ps_arg_cache_limit, 0, "");
+    &ps_arg_cache_limit, 0,
+    "Process' command line characters cache limit");
 
 static int disallow_high_osrel;
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, disallow_high_osrel, CTLFLAG_RW,
Index: head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
+++ head/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
 static int show_busybufs = 1;
 #endif
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern_shutdown, OID_AUTO, show_busybufs, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&show_busybufs, 0, "");
+    &show_busybufs, 0,
+    "Show busy buffers during shutdown");
 
 int suspend_blocked = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, suspend_blocked, CTLFLAG_RW,
Index: head/sys/kern/kern_synch.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/kern_synch.c
+++ head/sys/kern/kern_synch.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
 };
 
 /* kernel uses `FSCALE', userland (SHOULD) use kern.fscale */
-SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, fscale, CTLFLAG_RD, SYSCTL_NULL_INT_PTR, FSCALE, "");
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, fscale, CTLFLAG_RD, SYSCTL_NULL_INT_PTR, FSCALE,
+    "Fixed-point scale factor used for calculating load average values");
 
 static void	loadav(void *arg);
 
Index: head/sys/kern/kern_umtx.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/kern_umtx.c
+++ head/sys/kern/kern_umtx.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 static int umtx_max_rb = 1000;
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern_ipc, OID_AUTO, umtx_max_robust, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
     &umtx_max_rb, 0,
-    "");
+    "Maximum number of robust mutexes allowed for each thread");
 
 static uma_zone_t		umtx_pi_zone;
 static struct umtxq_chain	umtxq_chains[2][UMTX_CHAINS];
Index: head/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c
+++ head/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@
 
 /* decay 95% of `ts_pctcpu' in 60 seconds; see CCPU_SHIFT before changing */
 static fixpt_t	ccpu = 0.95122942450071400909 * FSCALE;	/* exp(-1/20) */
-SYSCTL_UINT(_kern, OID_AUTO, ccpu, CTLFLAG_RD, &ccpu, 0, "");
+SYSCTL_UINT(_kern, OID_AUTO, ccpu, CTLFLAG_RD, &ccpu, 0,
+    "Decay factor used for updating %CPU");
 
 /*
  * If `ccpu' is not equal to `exp(-1/20)' and you still want to use the
Index: head/sys/kern/sched_ule.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/sched_ule.c
+++ head/sys/kern/sched_ule.c
@@ -3128,4 +3128,5 @@
 
 /* ps compat.  All cpu percentages from ULE are weighted. */
 static int ccpu = 0;
-SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, ccpu, CTLFLAG_RD, &ccpu, 0, "");
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, ccpu, CTLFLAG_RD, &ccpu, 0,
+    "Decay factor used for updating %CPU in 4BSD scheduler");
Index: head/sys/kern/subr_kobj.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/subr_kobj.c
+++ head/sys/kern/subr_kobj.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
 #define	KOBJ_ASSERT(what)	mtx_assert(&kobj_mtx, what);
 
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, kobj_methodcount, CTLFLAG_RD,
-	   &kobj_next_id, 0, "");
+    &kobj_next_id, 0,
+    "Number of kernel object methods registered");
 
 static void
 kobj_init_mutex(void *arg)