diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0caf261..2477f6a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ For example, add the following to your udev rules:
 
     .. code-block::
 
-        KERNEL=="sd*", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/sas_sd_snic_alias %k", SYMLINK+="%c"
+        ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", KERNEL=="sd*", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/sas_sd_snic_alias %k", SYMLINK+="%c"
+        ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", KERNEL=="sd*", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/sas_sd_snic_alias %k", SYMLINK+="%cp%n"
+
 
 This should generate udev aliases made of the device subenclosure nickname followed by the bay identifier. In the following case, *io1-jbod1-0* is the subenclosure nickname (here SIM 0 of JBOD #1).
 
diff --git a/sasutils/cli/sas_sd_snic_alias.py b/sasutils/cli/sas_sd_snic_alias.py
index 5e22464..834e355 100755
--- a/sasutils/cli/sas_sd_snic_alias.py
+++ b/sasutils/cli/sas_sd_snic_alias.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def sas_sd_snic_alias(blkdev):
 
     # Instantiate SASBlockDevice object from block device sysfs node
     #   eg. /sys/block/sdx/device
-    blkdev = SASBlockDevice(sysfs.node('block').node(blkdev).node('device'))
+    blkdev = SASBlockDevice(sysfs.node('block').node(blkdev.rstrip('0123456789')).node('device'))
     sasdev = blkdev.end_device.sas_device
 
     if blkdev.array_device: