diff --git a/release/sysinstall/installFinal.c b/release/sysinstall/installFinal.c
index 7aa08344fe9..607d8bf3707 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/installFinal.c
+++ b/release/sysinstall/installFinal.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
  * generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
  *
- * $Id: installFinal.c,v 1.13 1995/10/27 03:59:36 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: installFinal.c,v 1.14 1995/11/03 12:02:34 jkh Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1995
  *	Jordan Hubbard & Coranth Gryphon.  All rights reserved.
@@ -234,12 +234,14 @@ configNFSServer(char *unused)
     /* If we're an NFS server, we need an exports file */
     if (!file_readable("/etc/exports")) {
 	dialog_clear();
-	msgConfirm("You have chosen to be an NFS server but have not yet configured\n"
-		   "the /etc/exports file.  You must configure this information before\n"
-		   "other hosts will be able to mount file systems from your machine.\n"
-		   "Press [ENTER] now to invoke an editor on /etc/exports");
+	msgConfirm("Operating as an NFS server means that you must first configure\n"
+		   "an /etc/exports file to indicate which hosts are allowed certain\n"
+		   "kinds of access to your local file systems.\n"
+		   "Press [ENTER] now to invoke an editor on /etc/exports (the editor\n"
+		   "may take several moments to start up the first time - please be\n"
+		   "patient!)");
 	vsystem("echo '#The following examples export /usr to 3 machines named after ducks,' > /etc/exports");
-	vsystem("echo '#/home and all directories under it to machines named after dead rock stars,' >> /etc/exports");
+	vsystem("echo '#/home and all directories under it to machines named after dead rock stars' >> /etc/exports");
 	vsystem("echo '#and, finally, /a to 2 privileged machines allowed to write on it as root.' >> /etc/exports");
 	vsystem("echo '#/usr                huey louie dewie' >> /etc/exports");
 	vsystem("echo '#/home   -alldirs    janice jimmy frank' >> /etc/exports");