diff --git a/dns/ddclient/Makefile b/dns/ddclient/Makefile
index 81108d1e6127..e78802edc00a 100644
--- a/dns/ddclient/Makefile
+++ b/dns/ddclient/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,51 @@
 PORTNAME=	ddclient
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	4.0.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 
 MAINTAINER=	mjl@luckie.org.nz
 COMMENT=	Update dynamic DNS entries
 WWW=		https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	curl:ftp/curl
-RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Data-Validate-IP>0:net-mgmt/p5-Data-Validate-IP \
-		curl:ftp/curl
+RUN_DEPENDS=	curl:ftp/curl \
+		p5-Data-Validate-IP>0:net-mgmt/p5-Data-Validate-IP
 
 USES=		autoreconf gmake perl5 tar:bzip2
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	run
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 SUB_FILES=	${PORTNAME}_force pkg-message
 
 PORTDOCS=	COPYRIGHT ChangeLog README.cisco README.md \
 		sample-etc_cron.d_ddclient sample-etc_dhclient-exit-hooks \
 		sample-etc_dhcpc_dhcpcd-eth0.exe sample-etc_ppp_ip-up.local
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-patch:
 	@${GREP} -lR '/usr' ${WRKSRC} | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		's|/usr|${PREFIX}|g'
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%ETCDIR%%|${ETCDIR}| ; \
 		 s|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|' ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.in
 
 do-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR} \
 		 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/periodic/daily
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.conf ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/${PORTNAME}.conf.sample
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}_force ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/periodic/daily
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S|^|${WRKSRC}/|} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/dns/ddclient/files/ddclient.in b/dns/ddclient/files/ddclient.in
index 0a6a4c1bb52c..e9c4bb1a129e 100644
--- a/dns/ddclient/files/ddclient.in
+++ b/dns/ddclient/files/ddclient.in
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # PROVIDE: ddclient
 # REQUIRE: LOGIN
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 #
 # Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable ddclient:
 #
 # ddclient_enable="YES"
 #
-# By default, ddclient does not daemonize.  To launch ddclient
-# as a daemon, add the -daemon 300 argument to ddclient_flags
+# By default, ddclient does not daemonize.  To ensure ddclient runs
+# as a daemon, the configuration file must contain a line like
+# daemon=300 in it.
 #
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="ddclient"
 rcvar=ddclient_enable
 
 command="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name}"
 required_files="%%ETCDIR%%/${name}.conf"
 
 load_rc_config ${name}
 
 : ${ddclient_enable="NO"}
 
 run_rc_command "$1"