diff --git a/release/sysinstall/index.c b/release/sysinstall/index.c
index 96a182cd7503..6198a5eaf1ed 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/index.c
+++ b/release/sysinstall/index.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
  * generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
  *
- * $Id: index.c,v 1.18 1995/11/06 12:49:24 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: index.c,v 1.19 1995/11/06 22:26:28 jkh Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1995
  *	Jordan Hubbard.  All rights reserved.
@@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ _strdup(char *ptr)
 
 static char *descrs[] = {
     "Package Selection", "To mark a package or select a category, move to it and press SPACE.\n"
-	"To unmark a package, press SPACE again.  When you want to commit your\n"
-	    "marks, press [ENTER].  To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
-		"To search for a package by name, press ESC.",
+    "To unmark a package, press SPACE again.  When you want to commit your\n"
+    "marks, press [ENTER].  To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
+    "To search for a package by name, press ESC.  To extract packages, you\n"
+    "should Cancel all the way out of any submenus and finally this menu.",
     "Package Targets", "These are the packages you've selected for extraction.\n\n"
-	"If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
-	    "If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
+    "If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
+    "If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
     "All", "All available packages in all categories.",
     "applications", "User application software.",
     "archivers", "Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.",
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/package.c b/release/sysinstall/package.c
index 0af9df3fdc30..cd75c084f720 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/package.c
+++ b/release/sysinstall/package.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
  * generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
  *
- * $Id: package.c,v 1.25 1995/11/10 15:10:07 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: package.c,v 1.26 1995/11/12 11:02:43 jkh Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1995
  *	Jordan Hubbard.  All rights reserved.
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ package_extract(Device *dev, char *name)
 		    if (!variable_get(VAR_NO_CONFIRM))
 			msgConfirm("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file.  This means\n"
 				   "that there was either a media error of some sort or the package\n"
-				   "file itself is corrupted.\n"
-				   "You may wish to look into this and try again.", name);
+				   "file itself is corrupted.  It is also possible that you simply\n"
+				   "ran out of temporary space and need to go to the options editor\n"
+				   "to select a package temp directory with more space.  Either way,\n"
+				   "you may wish to look into the problem and try again.", name);
 		    else
 			msgNotify("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file.  Skipping.", name);
 		}
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/index.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/index.c
index 96a182cd7503..6198a5eaf1ed 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/index.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/index.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
  * generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
  *
- * $Id: index.c,v 1.18 1995/11/06 12:49:24 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: index.c,v 1.19 1995/11/06 22:26:28 jkh Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1995
  *	Jordan Hubbard.  All rights reserved.
@@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ _strdup(char *ptr)
 
 static char *descrs[] = {
     "Package Selection", "To mark a package or select a category, move to it and press SPACE.\n"
-	"To unmark a package, press SPACE again.  When you want to commit your\n"
-	    "marks, press [ENTER].  To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
-		"To search for a package by name, press ESC.",
+    "To unmark a package, press SPACE again.  When you want to commit your\n"
+    "marks, press [ENTER].  To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
+    "To search for a package by name, press ESC.  To extract packages, you\n"
+    "should Cancel all the way out of any submenus and finally this menu.",
     "Package Targets", "These are the packages you've selected for extraction.\n\n"
-	"If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
-	    "If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
+    "If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
+    "If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
     "All", "All available packages in all categories.",
     "applications", "User application software.",
     "archivers", "Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.",
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c
index 0af9df3fdc30..cd75c084f720 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
  * generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
  *
- * $Id: package.c,v 1.25 1995/11/10 15:10:07 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: package.c,v 1.26 1995/11/12 11:02:43 jkh Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1995
  *	Jordan Hubbard.  All rights reserved.
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ package_extract(Device *dev, char *name)
 		    if (!variable_get(VAR_NO_CONFIRM))
 			msgConfirm("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file.  This means\n"
 				   "that there was either a media error of some sort or the package\n"
-				   "file itself is corrupted.\n"
-				   "You may wish to look into this and try again.", name);
+				   "file itself is corrupted.  It is also possible that you simply\n"
+				   "ran out of temporary space and need to go to the options editor\n"
+				   "to select a package temp directory with more space.  Either way,\n"
+				   "you may wish to look into the problem and try again.", name);
 		    else
 			msgNotify("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file.  Skipping.", name);
 		}