diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 33956aa7f08c..6ef64664e6b7 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ handbook:
     https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
 
 Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
-/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
+/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before updating system packages
+and/or ports.
 
 NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 14.x IS SLOW:
 	FreeBSD 14.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel