diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml
index b4deb97a8402..e6b6b5596653 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ from {alpha,i386}/INSTALL.TXT.
   environment (different versions of UNIX have different names
   for the floppy drive).</para>
 
-  <para arch="amd64">Floppy disk based install is not supported
+  <para arch="amd64,sparc64">Floppy disk based install is not supported
   on &os;/&arch;.</para>
   </sect2>