diff --git a/TABLE b/TABLE
index a4f119aab..190274ea5 100644
--- a/TABLE
+++ b/TABLE
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ $multilib     =
 
 *** debug-vos-gcc
 $cc           = gcc
-$cflags       = -O0 -g -Wall -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -D_BSD -D_VOS_EXTENDED_NAMES -DB_ENDIAN -DBN_DEBUG -DREF_CHECK -DCONF_DEBUG -DCRYPTO_MDEBUG
+$cflags       = -O0 -g -Wall -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_VOS -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -D_BSD -D_VOS_EXTENDED_NAMES -DB_ENDIAN -DBN_DEBUG -DREF_CHECK -DCONF_DEBUG -DCRYPTO_MDEBUG
 $unistd       = 
 $thread_cflag = (unknown)
 $sys_id       = VOS
@@ -5303,7 +5303,7 @@ $multilib     =
 
 *** vos-gcc
 $cc           = gcc
-$cflags       = -O3 -Wall -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -D_BSD -D_VOS_EXTENDED_NAMES -DB_ENDIAN
+$cflags       = -O3 -Wall -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_VOS -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -D_BSD -D_VOS_EXTENDED_NAMES -DB_ENDIAN
 $unistd       = 
 $thread_cflag = (unknown)
 $sys_id       = VOS
diff --git a/apps/openssl-vms.cnf b/apps/openssl-vms.cnf
index 20ed61bc3..45e46a0fb 100644
--- a/apps/openssl-vms.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl-vms.cnf
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ localityName			= Locality Name (eg, city)
 organizationalUnitName		= Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
 #organizationalUnitName_default	=
 
-commonName			= Common Name (eg, YOUR name)
+commonName			= Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
 commonName_max			= 64
 
 emailAddress			= Email Address