diff --git a/distrib/notes/README.amd64 b/distrib/notes/README.amd64
index b264c24b0..9f6c7d38b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/README.amd64
+++ b/distrib/notes/README.amd64
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ Conventions used in this document:
 
 1. Start either xenodm(1) or startx(1).
 
-   a. Start xdm(1), the X display manager by activating the xdm_flags option
-      in /etc/rc.conf.local(8).
+   a. Start xenodm(1), the X display manager by activating xenodm in 
+      /etc/rc.conf.local(8):
+
+      # rcctl enable xenodm
 
    b. Start startx(1) from a console shell.  It is the X script that starts
       the X server and a few X applications, including a window manager.
@@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ Conventions used in this document:
 
 problem_blurb
 
-$OpenBSD: README.amd64,v 1.11 2017/02/26 16:39:22 matthieu Exp $
+$OpenBSD: README.amd64,v 1.12 2017/02/27 21:16:05 matthieu Exp $
diff --git a/distrib/notes/README.i386 b/distrib/notes/README.i386
index 5edf47866..dbcc9f7fc 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/README.i386
+++ b/distrib/notes/README.i386
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ Conventions used in this document:
 
 1. Start either xenodm(1) or startx(1).
 
-   a. Start xdm(1), the X display manager by activating the xdm_flags option
-      in /etc/rc.conf.local(8).
+   a. Start xenodm(1), the X display manager by activating xenodm in 
+      /etc/rc.conf.local(8):
+
+      # rcctl enable xenodm
 
    b. Start startx(1) from a console shell.  It is the X script that starts
       the X server and a few X applications, including a window manager.
@@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ Conventions used in this document:
 
 problem_blurb
 
-$OpenBSD: README.i386,v 1.11 2017/02/26 16:39:22 matthieu Exp $
+$OpenBSD: README.i386,v 1.12 2017/02/27 21:16:05 matthieu Exp $