diff --git a/man1/oldfiles.1 b/man1/oldfiles.1
index 02cbb3c..84e27d5 100644
--- a/man1/oldfiles.1
+++ b/man1/oldfiles.1
@@ -48,13 +48,18 @@ will remove all outdated packages and sources.
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 \fBoldfiles\fP looks for the file /etc/oldfiles.conf (if present) that contains
 a list of files that should be kept. The format is a simple list of filenames
-(full path required), e.g.:
+(full path required). For example, if you share a directory of built packages
+among other CRUX machines using \fBpkg\-get\fP(1) and \fBportspage\fP(1), you can 
+put something like the following into /etc/oldfiles.conf so that 
+the metadata files and html index will be omitted from the output.
 .PP
 .nf
 .fam C
-    /usr/sources/someport-1.3.tar.gz
-    /usr/packages/someport#1.3.pkg.tar.gz
-    /usr/packages/index.html
+    /usr/pkgmk/packages/PKGREPO
+    /usr/pkgmk/packages/PKGDEPS
+    /usr/pkgmk/packages/PKGREAD
+    /usr/pkgmk/packages/PKGINST
+    /usr/pkgmk/packages/index.html
 
 .fam T
 .fi
diff --git a/scripts/oldfiles.pl b/scripts/oldfiles.pl
index 71e741c..37f7a8c 100755
--- a/scripts/oldfiles.pl
+++ b/scripts/oldfiles.pl
@@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ if ( $options{"-p"} + $options{"-s"} + $options{"-l"} == 0 ) {
 # Read pkgmk.conf
 open CONFIG, "/etc/pkgmk.conf" or die "Could not open /etc/pkgmk.conf";
 while (<CONFIG>) {
-	$srcdir = $1 if m/^PKGMK_SOURCE_DIR="(.*)"\n/;
-	$pkgdir = $1 if m/^PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR="(.*)"\n/;
-	$compress = $1 if m/^PKGMK_COMPRESSION_MODE="(.*)"\n/;
+	$srcdir = $1 if m/^PKGMK_SOURCE_DIR=(.*)\n/;
+	$pkgdir = $1 if m/^PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR=(.*)\n/;
+	$compress = $1 if m/^PKGMK_COMPRESSION_MODE=(.*)\n/;
 }
 close CONFIG;
+$srcdir =~ s/"//g;
+$pkgdir =~ s/"//g;
+$compress =~ s/"//g;
 
 # Check if dirs are specified / exists
 if ( $options{"-p"} ) {
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ foreach (split('\n', `prt-get printf "%p:%n:%v:%r:%i\n"`)) {
 		open SIGNATURES, "$path/$name/.signature" or next;
 		while (<SIGNATURES>) {
 			m/^SHA256\s\((.+)\)\s.+\n/;
-			if ($1 && !($1 =~ "Pkgfile") && !($1 =~ ".footprint")) {
+			if ($1 && ($1 ne "Pkgfile") && ($1 ne ".footprint")) {
 				$wanted{$srcdir}{$1} = 1;
 			}
 		}
@@ -120,11 +123,11 @@ foreach (split('\n', `prt-get printf "%p:%n:%v:%r:%i\n"`)) {
 
 # Keep user-specified files
 if ( -f "/etc/oldfiles.conf")   {
-	my $keep;
+	my $k;
 	open KEEPME, "/etc/oldfiles.conf" or die "Could not open /etc/oldfiles.conf";
-	while ($keep = <KEEPME>) {
-		chomp($keep);
-		$keepme{$keep} = 1;
+	while ($k = <KEEPME>) {
+		chomp($k);
+		$keepme{$k} = 1;
 	}
 }
 close KEEPME;