diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index 4dd06c3a18e2..e23074d0c701 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.12 1995/03/18 14:58:41 cgd Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.13 1996/06/06 15:23:47 mrg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ for more details on how to set this option.
 The fragment size of the file system in bytes.
 .It Fl i Ar number of bytes per inode
 This specifies the density of inodes in the file system.
-The default is to create an inode for each 2048 bytes of data space.
+The default is to create an inode for each 4096 bytes of data space.
 If fewer inodes are desired, a larger number should be used;
 to create more inodes a smaller number should be given.
 .It Fl m Ar free space \&%
 The percentage of space reserved from normal users; the minimum free
 space threshold.
-The default value used is 10%.
+The default value used is 5%.
 See
 .Xr tunefs 8
 for more details on how to set this option.
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ The number of distinct rotational positions.  The default is 1.
 .Pq ``space'' or ``time''
 The file system can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
 allocating blocks, or to try to minimize the space fragmentation on the disk.
-If the value of minfree (see above) is less than 10%,
+If the value of minfree (see above) is less than 5%,
 the default is to optimize for space;
-if the value of minfree is greater than or equal to 10%,
+if the value of minfree is greater than or equal to 5%,
 the default is to optimize for time.
 See
 .Xr tunefs 8