diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index 1953c8520ee6..67b6620da51f 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in
 #	as much of the source tree as it can.
 #
-#	$Id: LINT,v 1.475 1998/09/25 11:38:30 yokota Exp $
+#	$Id: LINT,v 1.476 1998/09/25 17:34:47 peter Exp $
 #
 # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this
 # file.  Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
+#    strings -aout -n 3 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
 #
 options         INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel
 
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/LINT b/sys/i386/conf/LINT
index 1953c8520ee6..67b6620da51f 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/LINT
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/LINT
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in
 #	as much of the source tree as it can.
 #
-#	$Id: LINT,v 1.475 1998/09/25 11:38:30 yokota Exp $
+#	$Id: LINT,v 1.476 1998/09/25 17:34:47 peter Exp $
 #
 # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this
 # file.  Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
+#    strings -aout -n 3 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
 #
 options         INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel
 
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
index 1953c8520ee6..67b6620da51f 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in
 #	as much of the source tree as it can.
 #
-#	$Id: LINT,v 1.475 1998/09/25 11:38:30 yokota Exp $
+#	$Id: LINT,v 1.476 1998/09/25 17:34:47 peter Exp $
 #
 # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this
 # file.  Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
+#    strings -aout -n 3 /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL
 #
 options         INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel