diff --git a/sysutils/ataidle/Makefile b/sysutils/ataidle/Makefile
index a18bfde85b50..3aa35d2e97e0 100644
--- a/sysutils/ataidle/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ataidle/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	ataidle
-PORTVERSION=	1.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.cran.org.uk/bruce/software/
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ COMMENT=	Utility to spin down ATA drives
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 MAN8=		ataidle.8
-PORTDOCS=	COPYING ChangeLog README
+PORTDOCS=	COPYING Changelog README
 PLIST_FILES=	sbin/ataidle
 
 do-install:
@@ -27,10 +26,13 @@ do-install:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${DOCSDIR}
 .endif
 
+post-install:
+	@${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
+
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if ${OSVERSION} < 501105
-IGNORE=		requires FreeBSD 5.2 or newer
+.if ${OSVERSION} < 600034
+IGNORE=		requires FreeBSD 6.1 or newer
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/ataidle/distinfo b/sysutils/ataidle/distinfo
index ec11d759074c..7a189a1677bb 100644
--- a/sysutils/ataidle/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/ataidle/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (ataidle-1.0.tar.gz) = 2d5a49587f8b42042eff4408c2cb6f7d
-SHA256 (ataidle-1.0.tar.gz) = 5b9a853e00c7d7a925f05ddacb555d1e21cfb875c0a0809e2609a0382c5683e5
-SIZE (ataidle-1.0.tar.gz) = 14182
+MD5 (ataidle-2.3.tar.gz) = cce9d298fa83aeab7bda4c9db8372a97
+SHA256 (ataidle-2.3.tar.gz) = 2ddb3688e47b6a60855ac0ae60390d1f415357f478252953557c6948a0fb6e98
+SIZE (ataidle-2.3.tar.gz) = 12504
diff --git a/sysutils/ataidle/files/ataidle.in b/sysutils/ataidle/files/ataidle.in
index 7464d0faea19..dc3e72f1e8c4 100644
--- a/sysutils/ataidle/files/ataidle.in
+++ b/sysutils/ataidle/files/ataidle.in
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
 #
 # ataidle_enable (bool): set to NO by default.
 #         Set to YES to enable ataidle.
-# ataidle_device: list of devices on which to run ataidle
+# ataidle_devices: list of devices on which to run ataidle
 # ataidle_adX: parameters to pass to ataidle(8)
 
 # Example:
-# Put the disks ad1, ad2 and ad3 into Idle mode after 60
+# Put the disks ad0, ad1 and ad2 into Idle mode after 60
 # minutes and Standby mode after 120 minutes. Also, set the
 # AAM and APM values to their maximum so the drives run at
 # their maximum performance.
 #
-# ataidle_device="ad1 ad2 ad3"
-# ataidle_ad1="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254 0 1"
-# ataidle_ad2="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254 1 0"
-# ataidle_ad3="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254 1 1"
+# ataidle_devices="ad0 ad1 ad2"
+# ataidle_ad0="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254"
+# ataidle_ad1="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254"
+# ataidle_ad2="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254"
 #
 
 . %%RC_SUBR%%
@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ load_rc_config $name
 
 ataidle_start()
 {
-    if [ -n "${ataidle_device}" ]; then
-        for i in ${ataidle_device}; do
+    if [ -n "${ataidle_device}" -a -z "${ataidle_devices}" ]; then
+        echo "warning: old ataidle rc settings found"
+        ataidle_devices=${ataidle_device}
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${ataidle_devices}" ]; then
+        for i in ${ataidle_devices}; do
             eval ataidle_args=\$ataidle_${i}
-            ${command} ${ataidle_args}
+            echo "ATAidle: configuring device /dev/${i}"
+            ${command} ${ataidle_args} /dev/${i}
         done
     fi
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
-
diff --git a/sysutils/ataidle/pkg-message b/sysutils/ataidle/pkg-message
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87f090d05124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ataidle/pkg-message
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Note: ataidle options and rc startup settings
+      have changed in version 2.
+
+Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable ataidle:
+
+ataidle_enable (bool): set to NO by default.
+         Set to YES to enable ataidle.
+ataidle_devices: list of devices on which to run ataidle
+ataidle_adX: parameters to pass to ataidle(8)
+
+Example:
+ataidle_enable="YES"
+ataidle_devices="ad0"
+ataidle_ad0="-I 60 -S 120 -A 127 -P 254"