diff --git a/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/pkgdb.c b/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/pkgdb.c
index 0ce4129f754d..016b93c3b587 100644
--- a/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/pkgdb.c
+++ b/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/pkgdb.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: pkgdb.c,v 1.3 2020/12/02 13:53:50 wiz Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: pkgdb.c,v 1.4 2020/12/05 16:21:26 wiz Exp $	*/
 
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #if HAVE_SYS_CDEFS_H
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #endif
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: pkgdb.c,v 1.3 2020/12/02 13:53:50 wiz Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: pkgdb.c,v 1.4 2020/12/05 16:21:26 wiz Exp $");
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999-2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -310,8 +310,9 @@ pkgdb_get_dir(void)
 	    stat("/var/db/pkg", &sb) == 0) {
 		errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
 		     "The default PKG_DBDIR has changed, but this installation still uses the old one.\n"
-		     "Please move the database and re-run this command:\n"
-		     "\tmv /var/db/pkg " DEF_LOG_DIR);
+		     "Please move the databases and re-run this command:\n"
+		     "\tmv /var/db/pkg " DEF_LOG_DIR "\n"
+		     "\tmv /var/db/pkg.refcount " DEF_LOG_DIR ".refcount");
 	}
 
         return pkgdb_dir;
diff --git a/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/version.h b/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/version.h
index 0755c41d0977..df8718c81593 100644
--- a/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/version.h
+++ b/external/bsd/pkg_install/dist/lib/version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: version.h,v 1.16 2020/12/02 13:53:50 wiz Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: version.h,v 1.17 2020/12/05 16:21:26 wiz Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001 Thomas Klausner.  All rights reserved.
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
 #ifndef _INST_LIB_VERSION_H_
 #define _INST_LIB_VERSION_H_
 
-#define PKGTOOLS_VERSION 20200828
+#define PKGTOOLS_VERSION 20201205
 
 #endif /* _INST_LIB_VERSION_H_ */