diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
index 8bff203994ae..4a5493f8b961 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ commands illustrates:
 
         fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440
         disklabel -w -r fd0.1440 floppy3
-        newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/rfd0
+        newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/fd0
 
 After you've formatted the floppies for DOS or UFS, you'll need to
 copy the files onto them.  The distribution files are split into
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
index fe495c40e3ad..3f5dfb9fd726 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ commands illustrates:
 
         fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440
         disklabel -w -r fd0.1440 floppy3
-        newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/rfd0
+        newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/fd0
 
 After you've formatted the floppies for DOS or UFS, you'll need to
 copy the files onto them.  The distribution files are split into