diff --git a/shells/es/Makefile b/shells/es/Makefile
index ff12d2fa06b..b0a65e73d80 100644
--- a/shells/es/Makefile
+++ b/shells/es/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Date created:         17 November 1997
 # Whom:                 gene
 #
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 1997/11/19 01:07:53 joey Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1997/12/13 01:03:08 gene Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=       es-0.9-alpha1
@@ -13,4 +13,13 @@ MASTER_SITES=   ftp://ftp.sys.toronto.edu/pub/es/
 
 MAINTAINER=	gene@OpenBSD.ORG
 
+post-install:
+	@$(ECHO)
+	@$(ECHO) "Finished installing $(DISTNAME)"
+	@$(ECHO) "To complete the install, you should notify the system"
+	@$(ECHO) "that $(PREFIX)/bin/es is a valid shell by adding it to"
+	@$(ECHO) "/etc/shells."
+	@$(ECHO) "If you are unfamiliar with this file, consult the shells(5)"
+	@$(ECHO) "manual page."
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>