diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index 11ccaef9d65f..3b561ef526cd 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#	$Id: rc,v 1.56 1995/03/26 18:18:58 wpaul Exp $
+#	$Id: rc,v 1.57 1995/03/29 03:35:10 jkh Exp $
 #	From: @(#)rc	5.27 (Berkeley) 6/5/91
 
 # System startup script run by init on autoboot
@@ -81,16 +81,16 @@ if [ -f /etc/rc.serial ]; then
 	. /etc/rc.serial
 fi
 
-# start up the network
-if [ -f /etc/netstart ]; then
-	. /etc/netstart
-fi
-
 # Do system maintainance functions.
 if [ -f /etc/rc.maint ]; then
 	. /etc/rc.maint
 fi
 
+# Start up the network
+if [ -f /etc/netstart ]; then
+	. /etc/netstart
+fi
+
 # Now start up miscellaneous daemons that don't belong anywhere else
 #
 echo -n standard daemons:
diff --git a/etc/rc.maint b/etc/rc.maint
index 5ae76c571f21..8311df1b9831 100644
--- a/etc/rc.maint
+++ b/etc/rc.maint
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#	$Id: rc.maint,v 1.2 1995/03/24 00:16:25 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.maint,v 1.3 1995/03/29 03:30:22 jkh Exp $
 #	From: @(#)rc	5.27 (Berkeley) 6/5/91
 
 # Various maintainance tasks to be done as the system is coming up
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ fi
 rm -f /etc/nologin
 rm -f /var/spool/lock/*
 rm -f /var/spool/uucp/.Temp/*
+
+# clean out the old utmp file.
 (cd /var/run && { rm -rf -- *; cp /dev/null utmp; chmod 644 utmp; })
 
 # Check the quotas