diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index a6a4f584b63b..dcf916327608 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
   Users of -stable or older -current can switch to X.Org by setting
   X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in make.conf and following the same process.
 
-  Alternately, portupgrade can be used with packages:
+  Alternately, FreeBSD 5.x and later users can use portupgrade with packages:
     cd /var/db/pkg
     portupgrade -o devel/imake-6  imake-4*
     portupgrade -o x11/xorg-libraries  XFree86-libraries