8 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init.d/checkfs b/init.d/checkfs
index d2929edd..54bdce94 100755
--- a/init.d/checkfs
+++ b/init.d/checkfs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Check filesystems according to /etc/fstab for errors and \
+optionally repair them."
+
 depend() {
 	need checkroot
 	after modules
diff --git a/init.d/checkroot b/init.d/checkroot
index d6dcd4f7..a7a8b3eb 100755
--- a/init.d/checkroot
+++ b/init.d/checkroot
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Check the root filesystem according to /etc/fstab for errors \
+and optionally repair them."
+
 do_mtab() {
 	# Don't create mtab if /etc is readonly
 	if ! touch /etc/mtab 2> /dev/null ; then
diff --git a/init.d/hostname b/init.d/hostname
index 4e804520..35cf1068 100755
--- a/init.d/hostname
+++ b/init.d/hostname
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Sets the hostname of the machine."
+
 depend() {
 	need checkroot
 }
diff --git a/init.d/local b/init.d/local
index 77d02668..60556e4c 100755
--- a/init.d/local
+++ b/init.d/local
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Executes user command in /etc/conf.d/local.start when starting \
+and /etc/conf.d/local.stop when stopping."
+
 depend() {
 	after *
 }
diff --git a/init.d/localmount b/init.d/localmount
index 456aee34..02688488 100755
--- a/init.d/localmount
+++ b/init.d/localmount
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Mounts disks and swap according to /etc/fstab."
+[ -e /proc/filessystems ] && description="${description} Also mounts various filesystems in /proc."
+[ -x /sbin/dumpon ] && description="${description} Also configures saving kernel dumps to swap."
+
 depend() {
 	need checkfs
 }
diff --git a/init.d/netmount b/init.d/netmount
index a2f71302..61b7a6c6 100755
--- a/init.d/netmount
+++ b/init.d/netmount
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Mounts network shares according to /etc/fstab."
+
 have_nfs() {
 	local IFS=\n x=
 	set -- $(fstabinfo --fstype nfs,nfs4)
diff --git a/init.d/rmnologin b/init.d/rmnologin
index 0c1691f7..3ebd6dfd 100755
--- a/init.d/rmnologin
+++ b/init.d/rmnologin
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+description="Removes a file which blocks logins until this service has run."
+
 depend() {
 	need localmount
 }
diff --git a/init.d/urandom b/init.d/urandom
index ecded0a5..3d083766 100755
--- a/init.d/urandom
+++ b/init.d/urandom
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 URANDOM_SEED=${URANDOM_SEED:-/var/run/random-seed}
 
+description="Initializes the random number generator."
+
 depend() {
 	need localmount
 }