Index: share/man/man5/freebsd-update.conf.5 =================================================================== --- share/man/man5/freebsd-update.conf.5 +++ share/man/man5/freebsd-update.conf.5 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 19, 2009 +.Dd February 4, 2022 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE.CONF 5 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME @@ -218,6 +218,31 @@ .Cm freebsd-update rollback command will recreate the symbol files along with the old kernel. +.It Cm CreateBootEnv +The single parameter following this keyword must be +.Dq yes +or +.Dq no +and specifies whether +.Cm freebsd-update +will create a new boot environment using +.Xr bectl 8 +when installing patches. +.Pp +The name of the new boot environment consists of a current +.Fx +kernel version and a timestamp., e.g.: +.Dl 12.0-RELEASE-p10_2019-10-03_185233 +.Pp +.Cm freebsd-update +does not attempt to create a boot environment if: +.Bl -dash -compact +.It +UFS is used. +.It +.Cm freebsd-update +is running in a +.Xr jail 8 . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf"