diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/installboot.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/installboot.8
index 08384aa0bcc3..2f5a5798bcf0 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/installboot.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/installboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.12 2000/09/28 16:18:42 hubertf Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.13 2000/10/13 01:20:58 hubertf Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Perry E. Metzger.  All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Christopher G. Demetriou.  All rights reserved.
@@ -111,15 +111,34 @@ program enforces its name to be in the form
 \&.
 .El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
-Assuming the file containing the boot program is in its typical place,
+Assuming the system containing the boot program is in its typical place,
 and you wished to make
 .Pa /dev/fd0a
 bootable. To install the boot blocks, one then would issue the command:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 installboot -f /usr/mdec/biosboot.sym /dev/rfd0a
 .Ed
+.Pp
 Note that the -f option is needed if the floppy is unlabeled -- see
 .Xr disklabel 8 .
+Also, be sure to
+.Xr newfs 8
+the floppy before running installboot, as this is needed to copy a
+kernel to it later, that the bootloader can boot then.
+.Pp
+It is also possible to make a bootstrap-only floppy without any
+filesystem by using the following command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+/usr/mdec/installboot -f -b 200 /usr/mdec/biosboot.sym /dev/rfd0a
+.Ed
+.Pp
+To install new bootblocks on your
+.Pa wd0
+harddisk, use the following command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+/usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a
+.Ed
+.Pp
 .Sh BUGS
 .Pp
 .Nx