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diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
index 0448cf22f53..331d49104ec 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.35 2003/10/04 16:47:40 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.36 2003/11/26 22:42:02 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Michael Shalayeff
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -152,6 +152,23 @@ either or both can be omitted (`:' is not needed if both are omitted),
in which case values from
.Nm
variables will be used.
+.Pp
+When selecting the
+.Ar device
+to boot from,
+.Nm
+makes no distinction between SCSI and IDE type drives;
+they are detected as
+.Sq hd
+devices.
+Therefore, to boot kernel
+.Pa /bsd
+from slice
+.Sq a
+on the first hard drive
+.Pq irrespective of device type ,
+specify
+.Dq boot hd0a:/bsd .
.Bl -tag -width _a_
.It Fl a
Causes the kernel to ask for the
@@ -250,9 +267,9 @@ Debug flag if
.Nm
was compiled with DEBUG defined.
.It Nm device
-Boot device name (i.e.,
+Boot device name (e.g.,
.Li fd0a ,
-.Li sd0a ) .
+.Li hd0a ) .
.It Nm howto
Options to pass to the loaded kernel.
.It Nm image
@@ -334,7 +351,7 @@ Once booted, such changes can be made permanent by using
.Fl e
option.
.Pp
-.Dl boot> boot wd1a:/bsd -c
+.Dl boot> boot hd1a:/bsd -c
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gzip 1 ,
.Xr autoconf 4 ,