diff --git a/system/rsyslog/README b/system/rsyslog/README
index 89601b1dac..52f70523ee 100644
--- a/system/rsyslog/README
+++ b/system/rsyslog/README
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ PGSQL=yes|no (default: no), requires postgresql
 RELP=yes|no (default: no), requires librelp
 LIBDBI=yes|no (default: no), requires libdbi
 GNUTLS=yes|no (default: no), requires gnutls
+
+NOTE: docutils is only needed at compile time - not needed for runtime.
diff --git a/system/rsyslog/config/rsyslog.conf b/system/rsyslog/config/rsyslog.conf
index 64b586ff95..e4451c3b22 100644
--- a/system/rsyslog/config/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/system/rsyslog/config/rsyslog.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #  /etc/rsyslog.conf	Configuration file for rsyslog.
 #
 #			For more information see
-#			/usr/doc/rsyslog-@VERSION@/html/rsyslog_conf.html
+#			rsyslog.conf (5) manpage or http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/rsyslog_conf.html
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.SlackBuild b/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.SlackBuild
index b4929db35a..8cfdadde8c 100644
--- a/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.SlackBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=rsyslog
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.6.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-8.4.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
-  --enable-cached-man-pages \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
   $mysql_option $pgsql_option $libdbi_option $gnutls_option $relp_option
 
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d/
 cat $CWD/config/rsyslog.conf > $PKG/etc/rsyslog.conf.new
-sed -i "s/@VERSION@/$VERSION/" $PKG/etc/rsyslog.conf.new
 cat $CWD/config/rc.rsyslogd > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.rsyslogd.new
 chmod 0755 $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.rsyslogd.new
 
@@ -108,11 +106,10 @@ done
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/html
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
   AUTHORS COPYING COPYING.LESSER ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a doc/*.{jpg,html,png} $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/html
 chmod -R 0644 $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/*
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 cat $CWD/README.SLACKWARE > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/README.SLACKWARE
diff --git a/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.info b/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.info
index f8122e7529..1dc7260499 100644
--- a/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.info
+++ b/system/rsyslog/rsyslog.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="rsyslog"
-VERSION="7.6.3"
+VERSION="8.4.2"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.rsyslog.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog/rsyslog-7.6.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="09c29847fff170bece92975f1bb05caa"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog/rsyslog-8.4.2.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="5d0f39d5a4fdd4b3b91d80450f17f22e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="%README% json-c libee libestr liblogging"
+REQUIRES="%README% docutils json-c libee libestr liblogging"
 MAINTAINER="Christophe Trussardi"
 EMAIL="chris@teria.org"