diff --git a/distrib/notes/common/contents b/distrib/notes/common/contents
index cac9435df973..37fcf40fd6da 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/common/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/contents
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: contents,v 1.164 2011/01/18 00:35:19 jym Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: contents,v 1.165 2011/01/30 18:04:41 phx Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ Tape boot programs, and a RAMDISK kernel; see below.
 .\}
 .
 .if \n[sandpoint] \{\
-.		It Pa netboot
+.		It Pa altboot
 \*M bootloader in ELF format; see below
-.		It Pa netboot.bin
+.		It Pa altboot.bin
 \*M bootloader in binary format; see below
 .\}
 .
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sandpoint/hardware b/distrib/notes/sandpoint/hardware
index d3116c896d9e..ce2f2c12078c 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sandpoint/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/sandpoint/hardware
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.7 2010/06/09 17:37:23 phx Exp $
+.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.8 2011/01/30 18:04:41 phx Exp $
 .
 .Nx*M
 is a port based on Motorola's
@@ -219,5 +219,5 @@ StorCenter XXX
 .Ss2 824x NAS supported boot devices and media
 .Nx
 is booted by
-.Pa netboot
+.Pa altboot
 , which can load the kernel from NFS or from the local disk.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sandpoint/install b/distrib/notes/sandpoint/install
index d4c09f724b33..1e841a663e9b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sandpoint/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sandpoint/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: install,v 1.6 2010/06/09 21:49:41 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: install,v 1.7 2011/01/30 18:04:41 phx Exp $
 .
 .Ss2 Prepare the NFS server
 .
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ or
 KuroBox and LinkStation systems are known to have the console on the
 second UART.
 .Pp
-Now boot the kernel by running netboot.
+Now boot the kernel by running
+.Pa altboot .
 The installation kernel will run
 .Pa sysinst
 from an internal memory disk image.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sandpoint/prep b/distrib/notes/sandpoint/prep
index 585aceb660a8..94bd68519730 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sandpoint/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/sandpoint/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: prep,v 1.5 2010/06/09 21:49:41 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: prep,v 1.6 2011/01/30 18:04:41 phx Exp $
 .
 To install
 .Nx \*V
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ connect to a terminal.
 The detailed procedure to build such a cable for your NAS system is not
 part of this documentation.
 .
-.Ss2 netboot
+.Ss2 altboot
 The
-.Pa netboot.bin
+.Pa altboot.bin
 binary loads a
 .Nx
 kernel from the root partition of a local disk or from NFS.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ as firmware. You have to find a way to get access to its command line.
 When auto-booting is enabled this will usually require to press a key
 quickly after the system is switched on.
 Then load the
-.Pa netboot.bin
+.Pa altboot.bin
 file into memory at
 .Pa 0x1000000
 and start it with