diff --git a/rc.syslog b/rc.syslog
index c3d0d4c..2a2b366 100644
--- a/rc.syslog
+++ b/rc.syslog
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ case "$SYSLOG_DAEMON" in
 	else
 	    config=/etc/rsyslog.conf
 	fi
-	params="-c ${RSYSLOGD_COMPAT_VERSION:=3} -f $config $RSYSLOGD_PARAMS"
+	compat=${RSYSLOGD_COMPAT_VERSION:-${RSYSLOGD_NATIVE_VERSION}}
+	params="-c ${compat:-3} -f $config $RSYSLOGD_PARAMS"
 	rsocks="/var/run/rsyslog/additional-log-sockets.conf"
 	test -r "$config" && \
 	while read one two rest ; do
diff --git a/sysconfig.syslog b/sysconfig.syslog
index ca66cc2..d64c37a 100644
--- a/sysconfig.syslog
+++ b/sysconfig.syslog
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ SYSLOGD_PARAMS=""
 #
 KLOGD_PARAMS="-x"
 
-## Type:		list(syslogd,syslog-ng,"")
+## Type:		list(syslogd,syslog-ng,rsyslogd,"")
 ## Default:		""
 ## Config:		""
 ## ServiceRestart:	syslog
 #
 # The name of the syslog daemon to use as syslog service:
-# "syslogd", "syslog-ng" or "" for autodetect.
+# "syslogd", "syslog-ng", "rsyslogd" or "" for autodetect.
 #
 SYSLOG_DAEMON=""
diff --git a/syslog.8 b/syslog.8
index 67c651b..bbac1de 100644
--- a/syslog.8
+++ b/syslog.8
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ supported as the system's syslog service, currently
 .IR syslogd ,
 .IR syslog-ng \ and
 .IR rsyslogd
-By default
-.IR syslog-ng
-is installed and enabled.
+
+The first installed daemon activates itself for the
+syslog service. Starting with openSUSE-11.2,
+it is
+.IR rsyslogd ,
+before it was
+.IR syslog-ng .
+But this depends on the software selection during
+the installation.
 
 The name of the daemon used as syslog service is
 specified in the
@@ -21,6 +27,10 @@ specified in the
 variable in
 .BR /etc/sysconfig/syslog .
 
+The \fIyast2 sysconfig\fR module provides a comfortable
+way to switch to another installed daemon and restart
+the service.
+
 The
 .BR /etc/init.d/syslog
 init script is able to handle all supported daemons.
diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index 65eed61..ff065f7 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  9 21:47:47 CEST 2009 - mt@suse.de
+
+- Added rsyslogd to the list of daemons in SYSLOG_DAEMON variable
+  meta-data in sysconfig/syslog file, updated syslog.8 man page,
+  improved rsyslogd native mode usage in the syslog init-script.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 11 23:47:12 CEST 2009 - jeffm@suse.de