diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 7289c392b9c10247b5ac874366fc9810639aff63..1a047d59466ff166717af82fa9c6fbcea2572cae 100755
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ struct sip_auth {
 
 /* a new page of flags for peer */
 #define SIP_PAGE2_RTCACHEFRIENDS 	(1 << 0)
-#define SIP_PAGE2_RTNOUPDATE 		(1 << 1)
+#define SIP_PAGE2_RTUPDATE 		(1 << 1)
 #define SIP_PAGE2_RTAUTOCLEAR 		(1 << 2)
 #define SIP_PAGE2_RTIGNOREREGEXPIRE       (1 << 3)
 
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ static void sip_destroy_peer(struct sip_peer *peer)
 /*--- update_peer: Update peer data in database (if used) ---*/
 static void update_peer(struct sip_peer *p, int expiry)
 {
-	if (!ast_test_flag((&global_flags_page2), SIP_PAGE2_RTNOUPDATE) && 
+	if (ast_test_flag((&global_flags_page2), SIP_PAGE2_RTUPDATE) &&
 		(ast_test_flag(p, SIP_REALTIME) || 
 		 ast_test_flag(&(p->flags_page2), SIP_PAGE2_RTCACHEFRIENDS))) {
 		realtime_update_peer(p->name, &p->addr, p->username, expiry);
@@ -7496,7 +7496,7 @@ static int sip_show_settings(int fd, int argc, char *argv[])
 		ast_cli(fd, "  Realtime Peers:         %s\n", realtimepeers ? "Yes" : "No");
 		ast_cli(fd, "  Realtime Users:         %s\n", realtimeusers ? "Yes" : "No");
 		ast_cli(fd, "  Cache Friends:          %s\n", ast_test_flag(&global_flags_page2, SIP_PAGE2_RTCACHEFRIENDS) ? "Yes" : "No");
-		ast_cli(fd, "  No update:              %s\n", ast_test_flag(&global_flags_page2, SIP_PAGE2_RTNOUPDATE) ? "Yes" : "No");
+		ast_cli(fd, "  Update:                 %s\n", ast_test_flag(&global_flags_page2, SIP_PAGE2_RTUPDATE) ? "Yes" : "No");
 		ast_cli(fd, "  Ignore Reg. Expire:     %s\n", ast_test_flag(&global_flags_page2, SIP_PAGE2_RTIGNOREREGEXPIRE) ? "Yes" : "No");
 		ast_cli(fd, "  Auto Clear:             %d\n", global_rtautoclear);
 	}
@@ -11177,6 +11177,7 @@ static int reload_config(void)
 	ast_set_flag(&global_flags, SIP_DTMF_RFC2833);
 	ast_set_flag(&global_flags, SIP_NAT_RFC3581);
 	ast_set_flag(&global_flags, SIP_CAN_REINVITE);
+	ast_set_flag(&global_flags_page2, SIP_PAGE2_RTUPDATE);
 	global_mwitime = DEFAULT_MWITIME;
 	strcpy(global_vmexten, DEFAULT_VMEXTEN);
 	srvlookup = 0;
@@ -11205,8 +11206,8 @@ static int reload_config(void)
 				default_useragent);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "rtcachefriends")) {
 			ast_set2_flag((&global_flags_page2), ast_true(v->value), SIP_PAGE2_RTCACHEFRIENDS);	
-		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "rtnoupdate")) {
-			ast_set2_flag((&global_flags_page2), ast_true(v->value), SIP_PAGE2_RTNOUPDATE);	
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "rtupdate")) {
+			ast_set2_flag((&global_flags_page2), ast_true(v->value), SIP_PAGE2_RTUPDATE);	
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "rtignoreregexpire")) {
 			ast_set2_flag((&global_flags_page2), ast_true(v->value), SIP_PAGE2_RTIGNOREREGEXPIRE);	
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "rtautoclear")) {
diff --git a/configs/sip.conf.sample b/configs/sip.conf.sample
index a348b52bcef9fdf6374f643ec57d8f1b6db3a0ad..2eaba6c3f9bdab4b155fa4bdfb44696ee56680ba 100755
--- a/configs/sip.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/sip.conf.sample
@@ -169,20 +169,25 @@ srvlookup=yes			; Enable DNS SRV lookups on outbound calls
 				; route = Assume NAT, don't send rport 
 				; (work around more UNIDEN bugs)
 
-;rtcachefriends=yes ; Cache realtime friends by adding them to the internal list
-			        ; just like friends added from the config file only on a
-                                ; as-needed basis.
-;rtnoupdate=yes ; do not send the update request over realtime.
-;rtautoclear=yes ; Auto-Expire friends created on the fly on the same schedule
-                                ; as if it had just registered when the registration expires
-                                ; the friend will vanish from the configuration until requested
-                                ; again.  If set to an integer, friends expire
-				; within this number of seconds instead of the
-				; same as the registration interval
-;rtignoreexpire=yes		; when reading a peer from Realtime, if the peer's registration
-				; has expired based on its registration interval, used the stored
-				; address information regardless
+;rtcachefriends=yes		; Cache realtime friends by adding them to the internal list
+				; just like friends added from the config file only on a
+				; as-needed basis? (yes|no)
+
+;rtupdate=yes			; Send registry updates to database using realtime? (yes|no)
+				; If set to yes, when a SIP UA registers successfully, the ip address,
+				; the origination port, the registration period, and the username of
+				; the UA will be set to database via realtime. If not present, defaults to 'yes'.
 
+;rtautoclear=yes		; Auto-Expire friends created on the fly on the same schedule
+				; as if it had just registered? (yes|no|<seconds>)
+				; If set to yes, when the registration expires, the friend will vanish from
+				; the configuration until requested again. If set to an integer,
+				; friends expire within this number of seconds instead of the
+				; registration interval.
+
+;rtignoreexpire=yes		; When reading a peer from Realtime, if the peer's registration
+				; has expired based on its registration interval, used the stored
+				; address information regardless. (yes|no)
 
 [authentication]
 ; Global credentials for outbound calls, i.e. when a proxy challenges your