diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
index c1bbde20386..bde0483a54a 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support
 options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
 options 	NFSCLIENT		#Network Filesystem Client
 options 	NFSSERVER		#Network Filesystem Server
-options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, NFS required
+options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, requires NFSCLIENT
 options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
 options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
index c1bbde20386..bde0483a54a 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support
 options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
 options 	NFSCLIENT		#Network Filesystem Client
 options 	NFSSERVER		#Network Filesystem Server
-options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, NFS required
+options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, requires NFSCLIENT
 options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
 options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem