diff --git a/FAQ/hackers.sgml b/FAQ/hackers.sgml
index d65aca28a5..9394caff52 100644
--- a/FAQ/hackers.sgml
+++ b/FAQ/hackers.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: hackers.sgml,v 1.9 1999-01-12 20:22:13 billf Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: hackers.sgml,v 1.10 1999-01-18 20:12:22 des Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
   <sect>
@@ -413,8 +413,9 @@ Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG
         <item>reboot
       </itemize>
 
-      <p> <em>[Note: currently, on 3.0-BETA, you must use <tt/strip
-      -aout -d/ instead of <tt/strip -d/]</em>
+      <p> <em>[Note: Now that FreeBSD 3.x kernels are Elf by default,
+      you should use <tt/strip -g/ instead of <tt/strip -d/. If for some
+      reason your kernel is still a.out, use <tt/strip -aout -d/.]</em>
 
       <p> Note that YOU DO <em/NOT/ WANT TO ACTUALLY BOOT THE KERNEL
       WITH ALL THE DEBUG SYMBOLS IN IT. A kernel compiled with <tt/-g/