diff --git a/www/varnish/files/pkg-message.in b/www/varnish/files/pkg-message.in
index efba6a71ae4a..923ce1baeb11 100644
--- a/www/varnish/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/www/varnish/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 QUICK-START GUIDE
 
 It's two in the morning and someone posted a link to your website on
 slashdot.  Don't panic, it takes only a minute to set up Varnish in
 front of your web server:
 
 1) Install Varnish
 2) Reconfigure your web server to listen on localhost:8080
 3) echo 'varnishd_enable="YES"' >>/etc/rc.conf
-4) %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/varnishd
+4) %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/varnishd start
 
 Refer to the documentation for more advanced configuration.
 
 NOTE TO USERS UPGRADING FROM AN OLDER VERSION OF VARNISH:
 
 Several rc variables have been renamed and / or have new default
 values.  Refer to the comments in the rc.d scripts for a detailed
 description of these variables.
diff --git a/www/varnish2/files/pkg-message.in b/www/varnish2/files/pkg-message.in
index efba6a71ae4a..923ce1baeb11 100644
--- a/www/varnish2/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/www/varnish2/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 QUICK-START GUIDE
 
 It's two in the morning and someone posted a link to your website on
 slashdot.  Don't panic, it takes only a minute to set up Varnish in
 front of your web server:
 
 1) Install Varnish
 2) Reconfigure your web server to listen on localhost:8080
 3) echo 'varnishd_enable="YES"' >>/etc/rc.conf
-4) %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/varnishd
+4) %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/varnishd start
 
 Refer to the documentation for more advanced configuration.
 
 NOTE TO USERS UPGRADING FROM AN OLDER VERSION OF VARNISH:
 
 Several rc variables have been renamed and / or have new default
 values.  Refer to the comments in the rc.d scripts for a detailed
 description of these variables.