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diff --git a/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5 b/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
--- a/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"-
+.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd April 12, 2024
+.Dd December 21, 2024
.Dt STYLE.MDOC 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -74,6 +74,33 @@
was the preferred way before the deprecation of
.Sy \&Li .
.El
+.Ss HARDWARE Section
+Driver manuals in section four should have a
+.Sx HARDWARE
+section describing hardware known to work with the driver.
+This section is drawn verbatim into the Release Hardware Notes,
+therefore there are several things to note:
+.Bl -dash -width ""
+.It
+The introductory sentance should be in the form:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+The
+\&.Nm
+driver supports the following $device_class:
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Followed by the list of supported hardware.
+.Pp
+This defines what driver the subsection is referring to,
+and allows the reader to search through the Hardware Notes
+not only for the device models they have,
+but also for the device type they are looking to aquire.
+.It
+The supported hardware should be listed as a bullet list,
+or if complexity requires, a column list.
+These two list types create very neat subsections
+with clean starting and stopping points.
+.El
.Ss EXAMPLES Section
.Bl -dash -width ""
.It

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