diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index 407ecbdeb13c..cb0e103b4940 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ options 	PQ_LARGECACHE		# color for 512k/16k cache
 
 # This allows you to actually store this configuration file into
 # the kernel binary itself, where it may be later read by saying:
-#    strings -aout -n 3 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
+#    strings -n 3 /kernel | sed -n 's/^___//p' > MYKERNEL
 #
 options 	INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel
 
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/LINT b/sys/i386/conf/LINT
index 407ecbdeb13c..cb0e103b4940 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/LINT
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/LINT
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ options 	PQ_LARGECACHE		# color for 512k/16k cache
 
 # This allows you to actually store this configuration file into
 # the kernel binary itself, where it may be later read by saying:
-#    strings -aout -n 3 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
+#    strings -n 3 /kernel | sed -n 's/^___//p' > MYKERNEL
 #
 options 	INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel
 
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
index 407ecbdeb13c..cb0e103b4940 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ options 	PQ_LARGECACHE		# color for 512k/16k cache
 
 # This allows you to actually store this configuration file into
 # the kernel binary itself, where it may be later read by saying:
-#    strings -aout -n 3 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
+#    strings -n 3 /kernel | sed -n 's/^___//p' > MYKERNEL
 #
 options 	INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel