diff --git a/man/syslogd.8 b/man/syslogd.8
index 444dacf..7678860 100644
--- a/man/syslogd.8
+++ b/man/syslogd.8
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl ?46Adhnrv
-.Op Fl a Ar SOCK
 .Op Fl b Ar :SVC
 .Op Fl f Ar FILE
 .Op Fl l Ar HOST[:HOST]
@@ -94,18 +93,6 @@ tries to send the message to only one address even if the host has
 more than one A or AAAA record.  If this option is specified,
 .Nm
 tries to send the message to all addresses.
-.It Fl a Ar SOCK
-Using this argument you can specify additional sockets from that
-.Nm
-has to listen to.  This is needed if you're going to let some daemon
-run within a
-.Xr chroot 8
-environment.  You can use up to 19 additional sockets.  If your
-environment needs even more, you have to increase the symbol
-.Ql MAXFUNIX
-within the
-.Pa syslogd.c
-source file.
 .It Fl b Ar :service
 Bind to a specific port.  The port can be specified as a service name or
 number.  The default service is
@@ -159,6 +146,16 @@ The default is
 .It Fl p Ar SOCK
 Specify an alternate UNIX domain socket instead of the default
 .Pa /dev/log .
+When a single
+.Fl p
+option is specified, the default pathname is replaced with the specified
+one.  When two or more
+.Fl p
+options are specified, the remaining pathnames are treated as additional
+log sockets.  This might be needed when running applications in
+containers or a
+.Xr chroot 8
+environment.  In total 20 UNIX domain sockets are supported.
 .It Fl R Ar size[:count]
 Enable built-in support for log rotation of files listed in
 .Pa /etc/syslog.conf .
diff --git a/src/syslogd.c b/src/syslogd.c
index 7be5dfb..170a4b9 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.c
+++ b/src/syslogd.c
@@ -110,11 +110,9 @@ static int restart = 0;
 
 #define MAXFUNIX 20
 
-int   nfunix = 1;
-char *funixn[MAXFUNIX] = { _PATH_LOG };
-int   funix[MAXFUNIX] = {
-        -1,
-};
+int   nfunix;
+char *funixn[MAXFUNIX];
+int   funix[MAXFUNIX];
 
 /*
  * Intervals at which we flush out "message repeated" messages,
@@ -199,12 +197,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int num_fds, maxfds;
 	int i, ch;
 
-	for (i = 1; i < MAXFUNIX; i++) {
-		funixn[i] = "";
+	for (i = 0; i < MAXFUNIX; i++) {
+		funixn[i] = NULL;
 		funix[i] = -1;
 	}
 
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Aa:b:dhHf:l:m:nP:p:R:rs:v?")) != EOF) {
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Ab:dhHf:l:m:nP:p:R:rs:v?")) != EOF) {
 		switch ((char)ch) {
 		case '4':
 			family = PF_INET;
@@ -218,13 +216,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			send_to_all++;
 			break;
 
-		case 'a':
-			if (nfunix < MAXFUNIX)
-				funixn[nfunix++] = optarg;
-			else
-				fprintf(stderr, "Out of descriptors, ignoring %s\n", optarg);
-			break;
-
 		case 'b':
 			ptr = strchr(optarg, ':');
 			if (ptr)
@@ -269,7 +260,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 
 		case 'p': /* path to regular log socket */
-			funixn[0] = optarg;
+			if (nfunix < MAXFUNIX)
+				funixn[nfunix++] = optarg;
+			else
+				fprintf(stderr, "Max log sockets reached, ignoring %s\n", optarg);
 			break;
 
 		case 'R':
@@ -306,6 +300,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if ((argc -= optind))
 		usage(1);
 
+	/* Default to _PATH_LOG for the UNIX domain socket */
+	if (!nfunix)
+		funixn[nfunix++] = _PATH_LOG;
+
 	if ((!Foreground) && (!Debug)) {
 		signal(SIGTERM, doexit);
 		chdir("/");
@@ -2295,13 +2293,23 @@ void init(void)
 	fhead = newf;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nfunix; i++) {
-		if (funix[i] != -1)
-			/* Don't close the socket, preserve it instead
-			close(funix[i]);
-			*/
+		/*
+		 * UNIX domain sockets are given on the command line, so
+		 * there's no need to close them if they're already
+		 * open.  Doing so would only cause loss of any already
+		 * buffered messages
+		 */
+		logit("Checking if we should open UNIX socket %s ...", funixn[i]);
+		if (funix[i] != -1) {
+			logit(" nope, already open.\n");
 			continue;
-		if ((funix[i] = create_unix_socket(funixn[i])) != -1)
-			logit("Opened UNIX socket `%s'.\n", funixn[i]);
+		}
+
+		funix[i] = create_unix_socket(funixn[i]);
+		if (funix[i] == -1)
+			logit(" failed, error %d: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		else
+			logit(" opened successfully\n", funixn[i]);
 	}
 
 	if (cffwd() || AcceptRemote) {