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diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8
index a294d2d8a08..f595adf66d0 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.11 1997/10/07 05:01:57 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.12 1997/10/07 08:09:31 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Shalayeff
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -136,14 +136,11 @@ the above steps with some more steps... and do the following:
.Dl # cp /usr/mdec/boot /mnt/boot
.Dl # /usr/mdec/installboot -v /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/biosboot sd0
.Pp
-If you are replacing much older versions of the bootblocks on your
-drive, you will need to use the
+If you need to find the BIOS geometry of the disk for
.Fl s
and
-.Fl h
-arguments to installboot to properly install the bootblocks. You can
-either get these figures in your BIOS, or by booting a new floppy
-and typing
+.Fl h
+you can use the boot block command:
.Pp
.Dl boot> machine diskinfo
.Pp