diff --git a/init.d/.gitignore b/init.d/.gitignore
index dace4de5..626d7a2e 100644
--- a/init.d/.gitignore
+++ b/init.d/.gitignore
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ hostname
 killprocs
 local
 localmount
+mount-ro
 netmount
-romount
 root
 savecache
 swap
diff --git a/init.d/Makefile.Linux b/init.d/Makefile.Linux
index 1bf3fe70..fa4a6d09 100644
--- a/init.d/Makefile.Linux
+++ b/init.d/Makefile.Linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NET_LO=	net.lo
 
 SRCS+=	devfs.in dmesg.in hwclock.in consolefont.in keymaps.in killprocs.in \
-	modules.in mtab.in numlock.in procfs.in romount.in sysfs.in \
+	modules.in mount-ro.in mtab.in numlock.in procfs.in sysfs.in \
 	termencoding.in
 
 # This really belongs with sysvinit
diff --git a/init.d/mount-ro.in b/init.d/mount-ro.in
index e39384a3..2fb83c0a 100644
--- a/init.d/mount-ro.in
+++ b/init.d/mount-ro.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ start()
 		fs="${fs}${fs:+|}${x}"
 	done
 	[ -n "${fs}" ] && fs="^(${fs})$"
-	do_unmount "mount -n -o remount,ro" \
+	do_unmount "umount -r" \
 		--skip-point-regex "${m}" \
 		${fs:+--skip-fstype-regex} ${fs} --nonetdev
 	eoutdent
diff --git a/runlevels/Makefile.Linux b/runlevels/Makefile.Linux
index 8e086aaf..2143a7e0 100644
--- a/runlevels/Makefile.Linux
+++ b/runlevels/Makefile.Linux
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SYSINIT+=	devfs dmesg
 BOOT+=		hwclock keymaps modules mtab net.lo procfs termencoding
-SHUTDOWN+=	killprocs romount
+SHUTDOWN+=	killprocs mount-ro
 
 # This really belongs with sysvinit
 SHUTDOWN+=	halt
diff --git a/sh/rc-mount.sh b/sh/rc-mount.sh
index 135f2f5c..154fe802 100644
--- a/sh/rc-mount.sh
+++ b/sh/rc-mount.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ do_unmount()
 		mountinfo --quiet "${mnt}" || continue
 
 		case "${cmd}" in
-			umount*)
+			umount)
 				ebegin "Unmounting ${mnt}"
 				;;
 			*)
-				ebegin "Remounting ${mnt}"
+				ebegin "Remounting ${mnt} read only"
 				;;
 		esac