diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index cfadaeb..2b4eac3 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ sysvinit (2.97) unreleased; urgency=low
     * Added patch from Didier Gaudin which allows init to load configuration
       data from files stored in /etc/inittab.d/
 
+    * Added patch from William Shipley which allows shutdown time to be specified
+      in the format +hh:mm. This is in addition to the existing formats such as
+      hh:mm, +m, and "now".
+
 
 sysvinit (2.96) released; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/man/shutdown.8 b/man/shutdown.8
index 5d012ec..871808f 100644
--- a/man/shutdown.8
+++ b/man/shutdown.8
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ The \fItime\fP argument can have different formats.  First, it can be an
 absolute time in the format \fIhh:mm\fP, in which \fIhh\fP is the hour
 (1 or 2 digits) and \fImm\fP is the minute of the hour (in two digits).
 Second, it can be in the format \fB+\fP\fIm\fP, in which \fIm\fP is the
-number of minutes to wait.  The word \fBnow\fP is an alias for \fB+0\fP.
+number of minutes to wait.  Third, it can be in the format \fB+\fP\fIhh:mm\fP,
+in which \fIhh:mm\fP is the number of hours and minutes to wait.
+The word \fBnow\fP is an alias for \fB+0\fP.
 .PP
 If shutdown is called with a delay, it will create the advisory file
 .I /etc/nologin
diff --git a/src/dowall.c b/src/dowall.c
index dbe4ed0..83b2828 100644
--- a/src/dowall.c
+++ b/src/dowall.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void wall(const char *text, int remote)
 	struct utmp		*utmp;
 	time_t			t;
 	char			term[UT_LINESIZE+ strlen(_PATH_DEV) + 1];
-	char			line[81];
+	char			line[256];
 	char			hostname[HOST_NAME_MAX+1];
 	char			*date, *p;
 	char			*user, *tty;
diff --git a/src/shutdown.c b/src/shutdown.c
index b744a2c..c49795f 100644
--- a/src/shutdown.c
+++ b/src/shutdown.c
@@ -788,13 +788,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		wt = atoi(when);
 		if (wt == 0 && when[0] != '0') usage();
 	} else {
-		/* Time in hh:mm format. */
 		if (sscanf(when, "%d:%2d", &hours, &mins) != 2) usage();
-		if (hours > 23 || mins > 59) usage();
-		time(&t);
-		lt = localtime(&t);
-		wt = (60*hours + mins) - (60*lt->tm_hour + lt->tm_min);
-		if (wt < 0) wt += 1440;
+		/* Time in hh:mm format. */
+		if (when[0] == '+') {
+			/* Hours and minutes from now */
+			if (hours > 99999 || mins > 59) usage();
+			wt = (60*hours + mins);
+			if (wt < 0) usage();
+		} else {
+			/* Time of day */
+			if (hours > 23 || mins > 59) usage();
+			time(&t);
+			lt = localtime(&t);
+			wt = (60*hours + mins) - (60*lt->tm_hour + lt->tm_min);
+			if (wt < 0) wt += 1440;
+		}
 	}
 	/* Shutdown NOW if time == 0 */
 	if (wt == 0) issue_shutdown(halttype);