diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 269743d5..13ffa94e 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance.
 	that is routes, their metrics and (in case the <cf/all/ switch is given)
 	all their attributes.
 
+	<tag>show bfd sessions [<m/name/]</tag>
+	Show information about BFD sessions.
+
 	<p>You can specify a <m/prefix/ if you want to print routes for a
 	specific network. If you use <cf>for <m/prefix or IP/</cf>, you'll get
 	the entry which will be used for forwarding of packets to the given
diff --git a/misc/bird.init b/misc/bird.init
index 56842bfa..93aa83d6 100755
--- a/misc/bird.init
+++ b/misc/bird.init
@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@
 BIRD4="yes"
 BIRD6="yes"
 
+BIRD4ARGS=
+BIRD6ARGS=
+
 [ -f /etc/bird.conf ] || BIRD4="no"
 [ -f /usr/sbin/bird ] || BIRD4="no"
 [ "${NETWORKING}" = "yes" ] || BIRD4="no"
 
-[ -f /etc/bird-6.conf ] || BIRD6="no"
+[ -f /etc/bird6.conf ] || BIRD6="no"
 [ -f /usr/sbin/bird6 ] || BIRD6="no"
 [ "${NETWORKING_IPV6}" = "yes" ] || BIRD6="no"
 
+[ -e /etc/sysconfig/bird ] && . /etc/sysconfig/bird
+
 RETVAL=0
 
 # See how we were called.
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	if [ "$BIRD4" = "yes" ]
 	then
 		echo -n "Starting BIRD for IPv4: "
-		daemon bird
+		daemon bird ${BIRD4ARGS}
 		RETVAL=$?
 		echo
 		[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/bird
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	if [ "$BIRD6" = "yes" ]
 	then
 		echo -n "Starting BIRD for IPv6: "
-		daemon bird6
+		daemon bird6 ${BIRD6ARGS}
 		RETVAL=$?
 		echo
 		[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/bird6
@@ -76,13 +81,17 @@ case "$1" in
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
   reload)
-	killall -HUP bird
-	killall -HUP bird6
+	killproc bird -HUP
+ 	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	echo -n "Reloading BIRD for IPv6: "
+	killproc bird6 -HUP
 	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
 	;;
   *)
 	echo "Usage: bird.init {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
 	exit 1
 esac
 
-exit $REVAL
+exit $RETVAL