diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/shortcuts.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/shortcuts.hlp
index 553e96fc211..9ec03d0e1ef 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/shortcuts.hlp
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/shortcuts.hlp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ blanktime               Screen blank time setting in seconds
 bootManager             Select boot manager: booteasy, standard or none
 browserBinary           Which doc browser to use (default: links)
 browserPackage          Which package to get browser from (default: links)
-cpioVerbose             How verbose to be with cpio: high, medium or low
+cpioVerbose             How verbose to be with cpio: high or low
 debug                   Extra debugging?
 defaultrouter           IP address of default route
 disk                    Which disk to operate on (ad0, da0, etc).
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/media.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/media.c
index fe89d705cef..e2f6c41f64a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/media.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/media.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ cpioVerbosity()
 
     if (cp && !strcmp(cp, "high"))
 	return "-v";
-    else if (cp && !strcmp(cp, "medium"))
-	return "-V";
     return "";
 }
 
@@ -848,8 +846,6 @@ mediaSetCPIOVerbosity(dialogMenuItem *self)
     }
     else {
 	if (!strcmp(cp, "low"))
-	    variable_set2(VAR_CPIO_VERBOSITY, "medium", 0);
-	else if (!strcmp(cp, "medium"))
 	    variable_set2(VAR_CPIO_VERBOSITY, "high", 0);
 	else /* must be "high" - wrap around */
 	    variable_set2(VAR_CPIO_VERBOSITY, "low", 0);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8
index 16dd806a524..ad6760c75ba 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8
@@ -744,8 +744,7 @@ Default: user@host
 .Sy Variables :
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It cpioVerbose
-Can be used to set the verbosity of cpio extractions to low, medium or
-high.
+Can be used to set the verbosity of cpio extractions to low or high.
 .El
 .It mediaGetType
 Interactively get the user to specify some type of media.