diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 7e6c8fc317ae..a602a13b5b87 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
 of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
 COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
 
+This is for the 4.3 release branch.  All entries since 4.3 are an
+itemized list of commits to this branch, numbered from the beginning.
+By this count, we're at 4.3.0p9
+
 20010709:
 	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
 	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory n
 	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
 	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
 	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
-	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netcofnig.
+	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
 
 20010315:
 	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC