diff --git a/share/man/man4/raid.4 b/share/man/man4/raid.4
index 9c5753c1d146..c32af8bfc1cc 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/raid.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/raid.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $NetBSD: raid.4,v 1.13 2000/02/26 19:55:01 oster Exp $
+.\"     $NetBSD: raid.4,v 1.14 2000/03/03 23:31:36 oster Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -242,22 +242,14 @@ options    RAID_AUTOCONFIG
 .Pp
 to the kernel configuration file.
 .Pp
-In all cases the
-.Sq raw
-partitions of the disks
-.Pa must not
-be combined.  Rather, each component partition should be offset by at least one
-cylinder from the beginning of that component disk.  This ensures that 
-the disklabels for the component disks do not conflict with the
-disklabel for the 
-.Nm
-device.
-As well, all component partitions must be of the type
+All component partitions must be of the type
 .Dv FS_BSDFFS 
 (e.g. 4.2BSD) or
 .Dv FS_RAID .
 The use of the latter is strongly encouraged, and is required if
-auto-configuration of the RAID set is desired.
+auto-configuration of the RAID set is desired.  Since RAIDframe leaves
+room for disklabels, RAID components can be simply raw disks, or
+partitions which use an entire disk.
 .Pp
 A more detailed treatment of actually using a 
 .Nm