diff --git a/etc/rc.conf.in b/etc/rc.conf.in
index 3c3ed1b3..1bb3b27c 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf.in
+++ b/etc/rc.conf.in
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@ rc_interactive="YES"
 # come up.
 rc_depend_strict="YES"
 
-# rc_hotplug is a list of services that we allow to be hotplugged,
-# by default allow all.
+# rc_hotplug is a list of services that we allow to be hotplugged.
+# By default we do not allow hotplugging.
 # A hotplugged service is one started by a dynamic dev manager when a matching
 # hardware device is found.
 # This service is intrinsically included in the boot runlevel.
 # To disable services, prefix with a !
 # Example - rc_hotplug="net.wlan !net.*"
 # This allows net.wlan and any service not matching net.* to be plugged.
-rc_hotplug="*"
+# Example - rc_hotplug="*"
+# This allows all services to be hotplugged
+#rc_hotplug="*"
 
 # rc_logger launches a logging daemon to log the entire rc process to
 # /var/log/rc.log
diff --git a/src/rc/runscript.c b/src/rc/runscript.c
index 0b34d854..4fc12bfe 100644
--- a/src/rc/runscript.c
+++ b/src/rc/runscript.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ service_plugable(void)
 	if (!match)
 		match = rc_conf_value("rc_plug_services");
 	if (!match)
-		return true;
+		return false;
 
 	list = xstrdup(match);
 	p = list;