--- examples/logrotate-default
+++ examples/logrotate-default
@@ -11,14 +11,22 @@
 # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
 #compress
 
+# uncomment these to switch compression to use gzip or another
+# compression scheme
+compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
+uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
+
+# former versions had to have the compressext set accordingly
+#compressext .bz2
+
 # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
 include /etc/logrotate.d
 
 # no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
-/var/log/wtmp {
-    monthly
-    create 0664 root utmp
-    rotate 1
-}
+#/var/log/wtmp {
+#    monthly
+#    create 0664 root utmp
+#    rotate 1
+#}
 
 # system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
--- examples/logrotate.wtmp
+++ examples/logrotate.wtmp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/var/log/wtmp {
+    compress
+    dateext
+    maxage 365
+    rotate 99
+    size=+400k
+    notifempty
+    missingok
+    copytruncate
+}
+