diff --git a/share/man/man4/cc_cubic.4 b/share/man/man4/cc_cubic.4
--- a/share/man/man4/cc_cubic.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/cc_cubic.4
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 13, 2021
+.Dd September 13, 2022
 .Dt CC_CUBIC 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The CUBIC congestion control algorithm was designed to provide increased
 throughput in fast and long-distance networks.
+The CUBIC congestion control algorithm is the default for TCP.
 It attempts to maintain fairness when competing with legacy NewReno TCP in lower
 speed scenarios where NewReno is able to operate adequately.
 .Pp
diff --git a/share/man/man4/cc_newreno.4 b/share/man/man4/cc_newreno.4
--- a/share/man/man4/cc_newreno.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/cc_newreno.4
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 13, 2021
+.Dd September 13, 2022
 .Dt CC_NEWRENO 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In netinet/cc/cc_newreno.h
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The NewReno congestion control algorithm is the default for TCP.
 Details about the algorithm can be found in RFC5681.
 .Sh Socket Options
 The
diff --git a/share/man/man4/mod_cc.4 b/share/man/man4/mod_cc.4
--- a/share/man/man4/mod_cc.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/mod_cc.4
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 6, 2019
+.Dd September 13, 2022
 .Dt MOD_CC 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 .Xr kld 4
 facility.
 .Pp
-The default algorithm is NewReno, and all connections use the default unless
+The default algorithm is CUBIC, and all connections use the default unless
 explicitly overridden using the
 .Dv TCP_CONGESTION
 socket option (see
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 .Pp
 Each congestion control module may also expose other MIB variables
 to control their behaviour.
-Note that both newreno and cubic now support hystart++ based on the version 3 of the internet-draft.
+Note that both NewReno and CUBIC now support Hystart++ based on the version 3 of the internet-draft.
 .Sh Kernel Configuration
 All of the available congestion control modules may also be loaded
 via kernel configutation options.
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@
 The framework exposes the following kernel configuration options.
 .Bl -tag -width ".Va CC_NEWRENO"
 .It Va CC_NEWRENO
-This directive loads the newreno congestion control algorithm and is included
-in GENERIC by default.
+This directive loads the NewReno congestion control algorithm.
 .It Va CC_CUBIC
-This directive loads the cubic congestion control algorithm.
+This directive loads the CUBIC congestion control algorithm and is included
+in GENERIC by default.
 .It Va CC_VEGAS
 This directive loads the vegas congestion control algorithm, note that
 this algorithm also requires the TCP_HHOOK option as well.
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 This directive loads the htcp congestion control algorithm.
 .It Va CC_DEFAULT
 This directive specifies the string that represents the name of the system default algorithm, the GENERIC kernel
-defaults this to newreno.
+defaults this to CUBIC.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr cc_cdg 4 ,
diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/amd64/conf/DEFAULTS
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT
 
 # Default congestion control algorithm
-options 	CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 
 options 	NEW_PCIB
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/arm/conf/DEFAULTS
--- a/sys/arm/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 device		mem
 
 # Default congestion control algorithm
-options 	CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 options 	VIMAGE			# Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
-options		CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
-options		CC_DEFAULT=\"newreno\"	# define our default CC module it should be compiled in.
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
 device		crypto			# core crypto support
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 options 	VIMAGE			# Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
-options		CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
-options		CC_DEFAULT=\"newreno\"	# define our default CC module it should be compiled in.
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
 device		crypto			# core crypto support
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
diff --git a/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS
--- a/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT
 
 # Default congestion control algorithm
-options 	CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 
 options 	NEW_PCIB
diff --git a/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64 b/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64
--- a/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64
+++ b/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 options 	VIMAGE			# Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
-options		CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
-options		CC_DEFAULT=\"newreno\"	# define our default CC module it should be compiled in.
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
 options 	ROUTE_MPATH		# Multipath routing support
 options 	FIB_ALGO		# Modular fib lookups
diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -651,13 +651,13 @@
 #
 # Note if you include INET/INET6 or both options
 # You *must* define at least one of the congestion control
-# options or the compile will fail. Generic defines
-# options CC_NEWRENO. You also will need to specify
-# a default or the compile of your kernel will fail
-# as well. The string in default is the name of the
+# options or the compile will fail. GENERIC defines
+# options CC_CUBIC. You may want to specify a default
+# if multiple congestion controls are compiled in.
+# The string in default is the name of the
 # cc module as it would appear in the sysctl for
-# setting the default. Generic defines newreno
-# as shown below.
+# setting the default. The code defines CUBIC
+# as default, or the sole cc_module compiled in.
 #
 options 	CC_CDG
 options 	CC_CHD
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@
 options 	CC_HTCP
 options 	CC_NEWRENO
 options 	CC_VEGAS
-options		CC_DEFAULT=\"newreno\"
-options		RATELIMIT		# TX rate limiting support
+options 	CC_DEFAULT=\"cubic\"
+options 	RATELIMIT		# TX rate limiting support
 
 options 	ROUTETABLES=2		# allocated fibs up to 65536. default is 1.
 					# but that would be a bad idea as they are large.
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/i386/conf/DEFAULTS
--- a/sys/i386/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT
 
 # Default congestion control algorithm
-options 	CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 
 # enable support for native hardware
 device		atpic
diff --git a/sys/netinet/cc/cc.c b/sys/netinet/cc/cc.c
--- a/sys/netinet/cc/cc.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/cc/cc.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
  * Have a sane default if no CC_DEFAULT is specified in the kernel config file.
  */
 #ifndef CC_DEFAULT
-#define CC_DEFAULT "newreno"
+#define CC_DEFAULT "cubic"
 #endif
 
 uint32_t hystart_minrtt_thresh = 4000;
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 options 	GEOM_PART_MBR
 
 # Default congestion control algorithm
-options 	CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 
 options         NEW_PCIB
diff --git a/sys/riscv/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/riscv/conf/DEFAULTS
--- a/sys/riscv/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/riscv/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 options 	GEOM_PART_MBR
 
 # Default congestion control algorithm
-options 	CC_NEWRENO		# include newreno congestion control
+options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 
 options 	NEW_PCIB