diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
index 28d482e7b1fe..645b2749e8fc 100644
--- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
+++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ The format is:
 
 8 partitions:
 #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
-  a:    81920        0    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
-  b:   160000    81920      swap
+  a:    81920       16    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
+  b:   160000    81936      swap
   c:  1173930        0    unused        0     0         # "raw" part, don't edit
 .Ed
 .Pp
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ drivedata: 0
 
 8 partitions:
 #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
-  a:    81920        0    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
-  b:   160000    81920      swap
+  a:    81920       16    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
+  b:   160000    81936      swap
   c:  1173930        0    unused        0     0         # "raw" part, don't edit
 .Ed
 .Pp
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ For partition
 .Ql c ,
 .Cm *
 will be interpreted as an offset of 0.
+The first partition should start at offset 16, because the first 16 sectors are
+reserved for metadata.
 .It Ar fstype
 Describes the purpose of the partition.
 The example shows all currently used partition types.
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@ which could be used as a source file for
 
 8 partitions:
 #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
-  a:   400M        0    4.2BSD     4096 16384    75 	# (Cyl.    0 - 812*)
+  a:   400M       16    4.2BSD     4096 16384    75 	# (Cyl.    0 - 812*)
   b:     1G        *      swap
   c:      *        *    unused
   e: 204800        *    4.2BSD