diff --git a/config-top.h b/config-top.h
index 026d4a4..cb0e002 100644
--- a/config-top.h
+++ b/config-top.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 /* #define SYS_BASHRC "/etc/bash.bashrc" */
 
 /* System-wide .bash_logout for login shells. */
-/* #define SYS_BASH_LOGOUT "/etc/bash.bash_logout" */
+#define SYS_BASH_LOGOUT "/etc/bash.bash_logout"
 
 /* Define this to make non-interactive shells begun with argv[0][0] == '-'
    run the startup files when not in posix mode. */
diff --git a/doc/bash.1 b/doc/bash.1
index 04ce845..bfde55e 100644
--- a/doc/bash.1
+++ b/doc/bash.1
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ option may be used when the shell is started to inhibit this behavior.
 When an interactive login shell exits,
 or a non-interactive login shell executes the \fBexit\fP builtin command,
 .B bash
-reads and executes commands from the file \fI~/.bash_logout\fP, if it
-exists.
+reads and executes commands from the files \fI~/.bash_logout\fP
+and \fI/etc/bash.bash_logout\fP, if the files exists.
 .PP
 When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started,
 .B bash
@@ -10558,6 +10558,9 @@ The \fBbash\fP executable
 .FN /etc/profile
 The systemwide initialization file, executed for login shells
 .TP
+.FN /etc/bash.bash_logout
+The systemwide login shell cleanup file, executed when a login shell exits
+.TP
 .FN ~/.bash_profile
 The personal initialization file, executed for login shells
 .TP
-- 
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