diff --git a/lib/libdisk/Makefile b/lib/libdisk/Makefile
index 8e07f0fed348..ebc59918d597 100644
--- a/lib/libdisk/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libdisk/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CFLAGS+=	-DPC98
 
 CLEANFILES+=	tmp.c tst01 tst01.o
 NO_PROFILE=
+NO_PIC=
 
 MAN=		libdisk.3
 
diff --git a/lib/libdisk/libdisk.3 b/lib/libdisk/libdisk.3
index 751964cd1890..0720cba455ff 100644
--- a/lib/libdisk/libdisk.3
+++ b/lib/libdisk/libdisk.3
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@
 .Ft const char *
 .Fn slice_type_name "int type" "int subtype"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+.Sy is just for the use of
+.Xr sysinstall 8 .
+.Sy You should consider using
+.Xr libgeom 3
+.Sy instead.
+.Pp
 The
 .Nm libdisk
 library provides an interface to the low-level disk slice and partition labels.