diff --git a/conf.d/hwclock b/conf.d/hwclock
index 448c2d9f..230d81df 100644
--- a/conf.d/hwclock
+++ b/conf.d/hwclock
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ clock="UTC"
 # running a modern kernel with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS set to y.
 #clock_hctosys="YES"
 
-# If you want to set the hardware clock to the current system time
-# (software clock) during shutdown, set this to yes.
-#clock_systohc="NO"
+# If you do not want to set the hardware clock to the current system
+# time (software clock) during shutdown, set this to no.
+#clock_systohc="YES"
 
 # If you wish to pass any other arguments to hwclock during bootup,
 # you may do so here. Alpha users may wish to use --arc or --srm here.
diff --git a/init.d/hwclock.in b/init.d/hwclock.in
index 7f2323ae..eb44f62a 100644
--- a/init.d/hwclock.in
+++ b/init.d/hwclock.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ stop()
 {
 	# Don't tweak the hardware clock on LiveCD halt.
 	[ -n "$CDBOOT" ] && return 0
-	yesno ${clock_systohc:-NO} || return 0
+	yesno ${clock_systohc:-YES} || return 0
 
 	local retval=0 errstr=""
 	setupopts