$OpenBSD: patch-hwaccess_c,v 1.4 2019/07/05 16:01:57 sthen Exp $

Index: hwaccess.c
--- hwaccess.c.orig
+++ hwaccess.c
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ int rget_io_perms(void)
 		msg_perr("ERROR: Could not get I/O privileges (%s).\n", strerror(errno));
 		msg_perr("You need to be root.\n");
 #if defined (__OpenBSD__)
-		msg_perr("If you are root already please set securelevel=-1 in /etc/rc.securelevel and\n"
-			 "reboot, or reboot into single user mode.\n");
+		msg_perr("If you are root already, please reboot into single user mode (preferred),\n"
+			 "or set sysctl kern.securelevel=-1 in /etc/rc.securelevel.\n");
 #elif defined(__NetBSD__)
 		msg_perr("If you are root already please reboot into single user mode or make sure\n"
 			 "that your kernel configuration has the option INSECURE enabled.\n");