diff --git a/stand/i386/zfsboot/zfsboot.8 b/stand/i386/zfsboot/zfsboot.8
index 6450939de955..64a6ac6d1d24 100644
--- a/stand/i386/zfsboot/zfsboot.8
+++ b/stand/i386/zfsboot/zfsboot.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 15, 2014
+.Dd March 27, 2018
 .Dt ZFSBOOT 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ can also be installed in an MBR slice:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 gpart create -s mbr ada0
 gpart add -t freebsd ada0
-gpart create -s BSD ada0s1
 gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0
 gpart set -a active -i 1 ada0
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ada0s1 count=2
 dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s1 count=1
 dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s1 iseek=1 oseek=1024
 .Ed