diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/fixit.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/fixit.hlp
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+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/fixit.hlp
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+A special shell will be launched by this option with a fixit Floppy
+(or CD in later revisions of this utility) mounted as /mnt2.  This gives
+one extra commands in /mnt2 as well as a more complete set of device
+files in /mnt2/dev.  Some device operations, like fsck and disklabel,
+may therefore require you to go to /mnt2/dev and use the entries there
+rather than assuming that they will be present in the default /dev (which
+came from the boot medium and is very minimal).
+
+When you're done, exit the shell to reboot.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/fixit.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/fixit.hlp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8271b7e0f5
--- /dev/null
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+A special shell will be launched by this option with a fixit Floppy
+(or CD in later revisions of this utility) mounted as /mnt2.  This gives
+one extra commands in /mnt2 as well as a more complete set of device
+files in /mnt2/dev.  Some device operations, like fsck and disklabel,
+may therefore require you to go to /mnt2/dev and use the entries there
+rather than assuming that they will be present in the default /dev (which
+came from the boot medium and is very minimal).
+
+When you're done, exit the shell to reboot.