Index: head/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
===================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
+++ head/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
@@ -333,13 +333,15 @@
 			printf("Signal all daemon process(es)...\n");
 		SLIST_FOREACH(stmp, &swhead, sw_nextp)
 			do_sigwork(stmp);
-		if (noaction)
-			printf("\tsleep 10\n");
-		else {
-			if (verbose)
-				printf("Pause 10 seconds to allow daemon(s)"
-				    " to close log file(s)\n");
-			sleep(10);
+		if (!(rotatereq && nosignal)) {
+			if (noaction)
+				printf("\tsleep 10\n");
+			else {
+				if (verbose)
+					printf("Pause 10 seconds to allow "
+					    "daemon(s) to close log file(s)\n");
+				sleep(10);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	/*