3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/serial/computone.txt b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
index 39ddcdbeeb85..a6a1158ea2ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Hardware - If you have an ISA card, find a free interrupt and io port.
 
         Note the hardware address from the Computone ISA cards installed into
                 the system.  These are required for editing ip2.c or editing
-                /etc/modprobe.conf, or for specification on the modprobe
+                /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf, or for specification on the modprobe
                 command line.
 
         Note that the /etc/modules.conf should be used for older (pre-2.6)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
 c) Set address on ISA cards then:
    edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c if needed 
         or
-   edit /etc/modprobe.conf if needed (module).
+   edit config file in  /etc/modprobe.d/ if needed (module).
         or both to match this setting.
 d) Run "make modules"
 e) Run "make modules_install"
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ the irqs are not specified the driver uses the default in ip2.c (which
 selects polled mode). If no base addresses are specified the defaults in 
 ip2.c are used. If you are autoloading the driver module with kerneld or
 kmod the base addresses and interrupt number must also be set in ip2.c
-and recompile or just insert and options line in /etc/modprobe.conf or both.
+and recompile or just insert and options line in /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf or both.
 The options line is equivalent to the command line and takes precedence over
 what is in ip2.c. 
 
-/etc/modprobe.conf sample:
+config sample to put /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf:
         options ip2 io=1,0x328 irq=1,10
         alias char-major-71 ip2
         alias char-major-72 ip2
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
index 1d8582990435..60b039891057 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ in the system log at /var/log/messages.
 
 If installed as a module, the module must be loaded.  This can be done
 manually by entering "modprobe rocket".  To have the module loaded automatically
-upon system boot, edit the /etc/modprobe.conf file and add the line
+upon system boot, edit a /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf file and add the line
 "alias char-major-46 rocket".
 
 In order to use the ports, their device names (nodes) must be created with mknod.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
index 5c4902d9a5be..55090914a9c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ secondary address 0x280 and IRQ 10.
 
 You will probably want to enter this module load and configuration information
 into your system startup scripts so that the drivers are loaded and configured
-on each system boot. Typically the start up script would be something like
-/etc/modprobe.conf.
+on each system boot. Typically configuration files are put in the
+/etc/modprobe.d/ directory.
 
 
 2.2 STATIC DRIVER CONFIGURATION: