diff --git a/handbook/cvsup.sgml b/handbook/cvsup.sgml
index 7e40ddd574..6da1d46a99 100644
--- a/handbook/cvsup.sgml
+++ b/handbook/cvsup.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: cvsup.sgml,v 1.25 1997-08-18 00:03:53 jdp Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: cvsup.sgml,v 1.26 1997-09-02 08:24:20 jkh Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <sect1><heading>CVSup<label id="cvsup"></heading>
@@ -212,11 +212,12 @@ different tomorrow than it means today.
     Note:  the "." is not punctuation; it is the name of the tag.
     Valid for all collections.
   <tag/tag=RELENG_2_2/
-    The line of development for FreeBSD-2.2.x.
+    The line of development for FreeBSD-2.2.x, also known as  
+    FreeBSD-stable.
     Not valid for the ports-* collections.
   <tag/tag=RELENG_2_1_0/
-    The line of development for FreeBSD-2.1.x, also known as
-    FreeBSD-stable.
+    The line of development for FreeBSD-2.1.x - this branch
+    is largely obsolete.
     Not valid for the ports-* collections.
 </descrip>