diff --git a/common/options.description b/common/options.description
index 4fb6ffe65d0..df89e171d72 100644
--- a/common/options.description
+++ b/common/options.description
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ desc_option_imagemagick="Enable support for ImageMagick"
 desc_option_jack="Enable support for the JACK sound server"
 desc_option_jpeg="Enable support for JPEG images"
 desc_option_lame="Enable support for the LAME encoder"
+desc_option_libedit="Enable support for NetBSD's libedit"
 desc_option_lua="Enable support for Lua"
 desc_option_lzo="Enable support for LZO compression format"
 desc_option_microhttpd="Enable support for microhttpd"
@@ -42,9 +43,11 @@ desc_option_python="Enable support for Python"
 desc_option_qrencode="Enable support for qrencode"
 desc_option_qt="Enable support for building the QT UI"
 desc_option_raw="Enable support for RAW image files"
+desc_option_readline="Enable support for GNU readline"
 desc_option_sasl="Enable support for SASL"
 desc_option_ssl="Enable support for SSL"
 desc_option_startup_notification="Enable support for desktop notification"
+desc_option_static="Enable static linking"
 desc_option_svg="Enable support for SVG images"
 desc_option_systemd="Enable support for systemd"
 desc_option_tcpwrappers="Enable support for tcpwrappers"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rc/template b/srcpkgs/rc/template
index befb7e5d3b6..65f939d1f93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rc/template
@@ -11,21 +11,16 @@ distfiles="http://static.tobold.org/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=1cff23e897a038422458ba01567a5a2650935205862c3bbf73e773807c248240
 
 build_options="readline libedit static"
-desc_option_readline="Enable support for GNU readline"
-desc_option_libedit="Enable support for libedit"
-desc_option_static="Enable static linking"
 build_options_default="readline"
 
-configure_args="ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=no "
-makedepends=""
-if [ "$build_option_readline" ]; then       
-	configure_args+=" --with-readline"
-	makedepends+=" readline-devel"
-fi                                
+configure_args="ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=no"
 
-if [ "$build_option_libedit" ]; then       
+if [ "$build_option_readline" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --with-readline"
+	makedepends="readline-devel"
+elif [ "$build_option_libedit" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --with-editline"
-	makedepends+=" libedit-devel"
+	makedepends="libedit-devel"
 fi                                
 
 pre_configure() {