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	diff --git a/share/man/man4/epair.4 b/share/man/man4/epair.4
	--- a/share/man/man4/epair.4
	+++ b/share/man/man4/epair.4
	@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
	.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
	.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
	.\"
	-.Dd March 18, 2015
	+.Dd August 12, 2025
	.Dt EPAIR 4
	.Os
	.Sh NAME
	@@ -79,12 +79,24 @@
	Like any other Ethernet interface, an
	.Nm
	needs to have a network address.
	-Each
	+If the tunable
	+.Va net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr Ns
	+=0, each
	.Nm
	-will be assigned a locally administered address by default,
	+will be assigned a random locally administered address,
	that is only guaranteed to be unique within one network stack.
	-To change the default addresses one may use the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2) or
	-ifconfig(8) utility.
	+The tunable
	+.Va net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr Ns
	+=1 will generate a stable MAC address with
	+.Fx
	+OUI using
	+.Xr ether_gen_addr 9 .
	+This tunable defaults to 1 in
	+.Fx 15.0 and might be removed in
	+.Fx 16.0 .
	+To change the default addresses one may use the SIOCSIFADDR
	+.Xr ioctl 2 or
	+.Xr ifconfig 8 utility.
	.Pp
	The basic intent is to provide connectivity between two virtual
	network stack instances.