diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile
index d347b32f7f2..a1f80de3308 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/home/ncvs
 *default release=cvs
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile
index c2e8b51951b..dfd306e9fbe 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
 #
 # "tag" in the next line should always either be "." to receive the most
diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/gnats-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/gnats-supfile
index 909a951dd62..08627668264 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/gnats-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/gnats-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
 *default release=current 
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
index 74962fd64a9..1e0bc966847 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
 *default release=cvs tag=.
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
index 6e908c448db..bc3ebbac5de 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
 # The following line is for 4-stable.  If you want 3-stable or 2.2-stable,
 # change "RELENG_4" to "RELENG_3" or "RELENG_2_2" respectively.
diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
index f47c2ce83f7..b1fc97b1591 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
 *default release=cvs tag=.
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
diff --git a/share/examples/cvsup/www-supfile b/share/examples/cvsup/www-supfile
index 6098f621eb5..722c65c638c 100644
--- a/share/examples/cvsup/www-supfile
+++ b/share/examples/cvsup/www-supfile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #		You can	override this setting on the command line
 #		with cvsup's "-h host" option.
 #
-# base=/usr
+# base=/var/db
 #		This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
 #		about the collections you have transferred to your system.
-#		A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
-#		/usr/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
+#		A setting of "/var/db" will generate this information in
+#		/var/db/sup.  Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
 #		collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
 #		~1MB of data in this directory.  You can override the
 #		"base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
 *default prefix=/usr
 *default release=cvs tag=.
 *default delete use-rel-suffix