diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index 08ee29f563..ca1877c979 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
     <para>When &man.portsnap.8; successfully completes
       a <command>fetch</command> operation, the Ports Collection and
       subsequent patches exist on the local system that have passed
-      verification.  The updated files may be installed by
-      typing:</para>
+      verification.  The first time <command>portsnap</command> is executed,
+      use <literal>extract</literal> to install the updated files:</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap extract</userinput>
 /usr/ports/.cvsignore
@@ -695,11 +695,17 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.cmake.mk
 <replaceable>...</replaceable></screen>
 
+    <para>For subsequent runs of <command>portsnap fetch</command>,
+      <literal>update</literal> should be used instead:</para>
+
+    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap update</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>The process is now complete, and applications may be
       installed or upgraded using the updated Ports Collection.</para>
 
-    <para>To run both processes consecutively, issue the following
-      command:</para>
+    <para>The <literal>fetch</literal> and <literal>extract</literal> or
+      <literal>update</literal> operations may be run consecutively, as
+      shown in the following example:</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch update</userinput></screen>
   </sect1>