diff --git a/man/sysklogd.8 b/man/sysklogd.8
index 65f8714..b60330f 100644
--- a/man/sysklogd.8
+++ b/man/sysklogd.8
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ described by the people from OpenBSD at
 .BI "\-b " "size"
 This option controls the max size of files in the built-in log-rotation.
 When present on the command line it activates log rotation of all files
-with the given maximum size.  Default: disabled (0).
+with the given maximum size.  It is also possible to control log rotate
+per log file, see
+.BR syslog.conf (5)
+for details.
+
+Default: disabled (0).
 .TP
 .BI "\-c " "count"
 This option controls the max number of files kept by the built-in
@@ -119,7 +124,12 @@ log-rotation.  To activate the built-in log rotation this option must be
 combined with the
 .BI "\-b"
 option.  The number of files kept include both gzipped files and the
-first rotated (not zipped) file.  Default: 5.
+first rotated (not zipped) file.  It is also possible to control log
+rotate per log file, see
+.BR syslog.conf (5)
+for details.
+
+Default: 5.
 .TP
 .B "\-d"
 Turns on debug mode.  Using this the daemon will not proceed a 
diff --git a/man/syslog.conf.5 b/man/syslog.conf.5
index 4327a17..96f6758 100644
--- a/man/syslog.conf.5
+++ b/man/syslog.conf.5
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ for logging.  For special features see the
 .BR sysklogd (8)
 manpage.
 
-Every rule consists of two fields, a 
+Every rule consists of two fields, a
 .I selector
-field and an
-.I action 
-field.  These two fields are separated by one or more spaces or
-tabs.  The selector field specifies a pattern of facilities and
-priorities belonging to the specified action.
+field an
+.I action
+and an optional
+.I logrotate
+field.  The fields are separated by one or more spaces or tabs.  The
+selector field specifies a pattern of facilities and priorities
+belonging to the specified action.  The action details where or what to
+do with the selected input.  The optional logrotate field is only for
+files and details the max SIZE:COUNT a file can reach before it is
+rotated, and later compressed.  The log rotated feature is mostly
+intended for embedded systems that do not want to have cron and a
+separate log rotate daemon.
 
 Lines starting with a hash mark (``#'') and empty lines are ignored.
 
@@ -326,6 +333,19 @@ and store them in the file
 #
 *.=info;*.=notice;\\
 	mail.none  /var/log/messages
+.fi
+.LP
+The following is almost the same but will also log rotate and compress
+aged out messages.  Notice the leading '-' to ensure the file is flushed
+to disk after each message.
+
+.IP
+.nf
+# Log all messages, including kernel, to messages file
+# rotated every 100 kiB and keep up to 10 aged out and
+# compressed files.
+*.*;kern,kern.none   -/log/messages   1048576:10
+
 .fi
 .LP
 This lets the