Index: head/share/man/man5/motd.5
===================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/motd.5	(revision 366821)
+++ head/share/man/man5/motd.5	(revision 366822)
@@ -1,54 +1,62 @@
 .\"	$NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $
 .\"
 .\" This file is in the public domain.
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 20, 2019
+.Dd October 18, 2020
 .Dt MOTD 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm motd
 .Nd file containing message(s) of the day
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The file
 .Pa /var/run/motd
 is normally displayed by
 .Xr login 1
 after a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
 It is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
 During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is
 prepended to
 .Pa /etc/motd.template
 and the contents are written to
 .Pa /var/run/motd .
 .Pp
+.Pa /var/run/motd
+can be updated without a system reboot by manually restarting the
+motd service after updating
+.Pa /etc/motd.template:
+.Bd -literal -offset -ident -compact
+service motd restart
+.Ed
+.Pp
 Individual users may suppress the display of this file by
 creating a file named
 .Dq Pa .hushlogin
 in their home directories or through
 .Xr login.conf 5 .
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact
 .It Pa /etc/motd.template
 The template file that system administrators can edit.
 .It Pa /var/run/motd
 The message of the day.
 .It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin
 Suppresses output of
 .Pa /var/run/motd .
 .El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 .Bd -literal
-FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996
+FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 2019
 
 /home is full.  Please cleanup your directories.
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr login 1 ,
 .Xr login.conf 5
 .Sh HISTORY
 Prior to
 .Fx 13.0 ,
 .Nm
 lived in
 .Pa /etc .
Index: head/usr.bin/login/motd.template
===================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/login/motd.template	(revision 366821)
+++ head/usr.bin/login/motd.template	(revision 366822)
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 
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-Edit /etc/motd.template to change this login announcement.
+To change this login announcement, see motd(5).