diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
index 5eb596833940..b60503b0f78d 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
 *default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
-*default release=cvs tag=.
+*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
 
 # If you seem to be limited by CPU rather than network or disk bandwidth, try