diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/etc/weekly/310.locate b/usr.sbin/periodic/etc/weekly/310.locate
index 9ccd376074c9..84c0d69610e1 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/etc/weekly/310.locate
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/etc/weekly/310.locate
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
 #
 
-# If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
+# If there is a global system configuration file, read it.
 #
-if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]
-then
-    . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
-    source_periodic_confs
+if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]; then
+	. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+	source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
 case "$weekly_locate_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+	[Yy][Ee][Ss])
 	echo ""
 	echo "Rebuilding locate database:"
 
-        . /etc/locate.rc
-	: ${FCODES:="/var/db/locate.database"}
-        locdb="$FCODES"
+	. /etc/locate.rc
+	: "${FCODES:=/var/db/locate.database}"
+	locdb="$FCODES"
 
-	touch $locdb && rc=0 || rc=3
-	chown nobody $locdb || rc=3
-	chmod 644 $locdb || rc=3
+	touch "$locdb" && rc=0 || rc=3
+	chown nobody "$locdb" || rc=3
+	chmod 644 "$locdb" || rc=3
 
 	cd /
 	echo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb | nice -n 5 su -fm nobody || rc=3
-	chmod 444 $locdb || rc=3;;
+	chmod 444 "$locdb" || rc=3;;
 
-    *)  rc=0;;
+	*)  rc=0;;
 esac
 
-exit $rc
+exit "$rc"