diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
index 3b0c8e968924..7f4f0e9c61cb 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
 *default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
-# The following line is for 7-stable.  If you want 6-stable, 5-stable,
-# 4-stable, 3-stable, or 2.2-stable, change to "RELENG_6", "RELENG_5",
-# "RELENG_4", "RELENG_3", or "RELENG_2_2" respectively.
-*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7
+# The following line is for 8-stable.  If you want 7-stable, 6-stable,
+# 5-stable, 4-stable, 3-stable, or 2.2-stable, change to "RELENG_7",
+# "RELENG_6", "RELENG_5", "RELENG_4", "RELENG_3", or "RELENG_2_2"
+# respectively.
+*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
 
 # If you seem to be limited by CPU rather than network or disk bandwidth, try