diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-upgrade b/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-upgrade
index 0e7cdf20ab0b..c123c3e9f0be 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-upgrade
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-upgrade
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ then imported by:
 The date in the tag can be obtained from contrib/ncurses/dist.mk.
 If the version is a snapshot,
 
-	cvs import -m 'Import ncurses 5.6-20080209 snapshot onto the vendor branch' \
-		src/contrib/ncurses NCURSES v5_6_20080209
+	cvs import -m 'Import ncurses 5.6-20080503 snapshot onto the vendor branch' \
+		src/contrib/ncurses NCURSES v5_6_20080503
 
 Remove files that are removed in this release in vendor branch (NCURSES)
 instead of HEAD.
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-vendor b/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-vendor
index ab85905a0c9c..a8b28e0a4d2e 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-vendor
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/FREEBSD-vendor
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 Project:	Ncurses (new curses) library
 ProjectURL:	http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
-Version:	5.6-20080209 snapshot
+Version:	5.6-20080503 snapshot
 VendorTag:	NCURSES
-VersionTag:	v5_6_20080209
+VersionTag:	v5_6_20080503
 License:	MIT-like
 Maintainer:	peter, rafan