diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6818d8..e0d4e56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ Supported platforms: Linux, FreeBSD.
     total system memory, 4th as free memory, 5th as swap usage in percent, 6th
     as swap usage, 7th as total system swap, 8th as free swap and 9th as
     memory usage with buffers and cache
-  * FreeBSD: see above, but 9th value is not returned (always `-1`) and there
-    is a 10th value giving wired memory
+  * FreeBSD: see above, but there are two more values: the 9th value is wired memory
+    in percent and the 10th value giving wired memory
 
 **vicious.widgets.mpd**
 
diff --git a/widgets/mem_freebsd.lua b/widgets/mem_freebsd.lua
index 59dc968..81ea146 100644
--- a/widgets/mem_freebsd.lua
+++ b/widgets/mem_freebsd.lua
@@ -18,32 +18,31 @@ local function worker(format)
 
     -- Get memory space in bytes
     _mem.total = tonumber(vm_stats.v_page_count) * pagesize
-    _mem.buf.f = tonumber(vm_stats.v_free_count) * pagesize
-    _mem.buf.a = tonumber(vm_stats.v_active_count) * pagesize
-    _mem.buf.i = tonumber(vm_stats.v_inactive_count) * pagesize
-    _mem.buf.c = tonumber(vm_stats.v_cache_count) * pagesize
-    _mem.buf.w = tonumber(vm_stats.v_wire_count) * pagesize
+    _mem.buf.free = tonumber(vm_stats.v_free_count) * pagesize
+    _mem.buf.laundry = tonumber(vm_stats.v_laundry_count) * pagesize
+    _mem.buf.cache = tonumber(vm_stats.v_cache_count) * pagesize
+    _mem.buf.wired = tonumber(vm_stats.v_wire_count) * pagesize
 
     -- Rework into megabytes
     _mem.total = math.floor(_mem.total/1048576)
-    _mem.buf.f = math.floor(_mem.buf.f/1048576)
-    _mem.buf.a = math.floor(_mem.buf.a/1048576)
-    _mem.buf.i = math.floor(_mem.buf.i/1048576)
-    _mem.buf.c = math.floor(_mem.buf.c/1048576)
-    _mem.buf.w = math.floor(_mem.buf.w/1048576)
+    _mem.buf.free = math.floor(_mem.buf.free/1048576)
+    _mem.buf.laundry = math.floor(_mem.buf.laundry/1048576)
+    _mem.buf.cache = math.floor(_mem.buf.cache/1048576)
+    _mem.buf.wired = math.floor(_mem.buf.wired/1048576)
 
     -- Calculate memory percentage
-    _mem.free  = _mem.buf.f + _mem.buf.c + _mem.buf.i
+    _mem.free  = _mem.buf.free + _mem.buf.cache + _mem.buf.laundry
+    -- used memory basically consists of active+inactive+wired
     _mem.inuse = _mem.total - _mem.free
-    _mem.wire  = _mem.buf.w
+    _mem.wire  = _mem.buf.wired
     _mem.usep  = math.floor(_mem.inuse / _mem.total * 100)
-    _mem.inusep= math.floor(_mem.inuse / _mem.total * 100)
+    _mem.wirep = math.floor(_mem.wire / _mem.total * 100)
 
     -- Get swap states
     local vm_swap_total = tonumber(helpers.sysctl("vm.swap_total"))
     local vm_swap_enabled = tonumber(helpers.sysctl("vm.swap_enabled"))
     local _swp = { buf = {}, total = nil }
-    
+
     if vm_swap_enabled == 1 and vm_swap_total > 0 then
         -- Get swap space in bytes
         _swp.total = vm_swap_total
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ local function worker(format)
 
     return { _mem.usep,  _mem.inuse, _mem.total, _mem.free,
              _swp.usep,  _swp.inuse, _swp.total, _swp.buf.f,
-             -1, _mem.wire }
+             _mem.wirep, _mem.wire }
 end
 
 return setmetatable(mem_freebsd, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })