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diff --git a/share/man/man4/wpi.4 b/share/man/man4/wpi.4
--- a/share/man/man4/wpi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wpi.4
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"-
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2007
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
.\" Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>. All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm wpi
-.Nd "Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 driver"
+.Nd Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
@@ -48,16 +51,13 @@
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-if_wpi_load="YES"
-.Ed
+.Pp
+.Dl if_wpi_load="YES"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for the
-.Tn Intel
-3945ABG Wireless network adapter.
-The driver supports
+driver supports running the
+Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network adapter in
.Cm station ,
.Cm adhoc ,
.Cm adhoc-demo ,
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
and
.Cm monitor
mode operation.
+This driver requires the wpifw firmware module
+and can be configured at runtime with
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+or at boot in
+.Xr rc.conf 5 .
Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
.Pp
The
@@ -81,17 +86,13 @@
.Nm
driver offloads both encryption and decryption of data frames to the
hardware for the CCMP cipher.
-.Pp
-This driver requires the firmware built with the
-.Nm wpifw 4
-module to work.
-.Pp
+.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
-driver can be configured at runtime with
-.Xr ifconfig 8 .
+driver provides support for the
+Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini PCIe network adapter.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi.LICENSE" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi.LICENSE" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi.LICENSE
.Nm
firmware license
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
.Ed
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with network name
-.Dq Li my_net :
+.Ar my_net :
.Pp
.Dl "ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0 ssid my_net up"
.Pp
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@
.Ed
.Pp
Join/create an 802.11b IBSS network with network name
-.Dq Li my_net :
+.Ar my_net :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0 wlanmode adhoc
ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
@@ -141,9 +142,7 @@
The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
.Xr firmware 9
subsystem.
-Verify the
-.Xr wpifw 4
-firmware module is installed.
+Verify the wpifw firmware module is installed.
.It "wpi%d: %s: timeout waiting for adapter to initialize, error %d"
The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
This should not happen.
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@
.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
.Xr wlan_xauth 4 ,
-.Xr wpifw 4 ,
+.Xr networking 7 ,
.Xr hostapd 8 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
@@ -207,10 +206,11 @@
to
.Fx .
.Sh CAVEATS
-Hostap mode is not directly supported by the device;
+.Cm Hostap
+mode is not directly supported by the device;
it is implemented through IBSS mode (as a result, DFS/passive
channels are not available in this mode).
.Pp
-Powersave may be unstable on some networks (results in
-occasional 'wpi%d: device timeout' messages); you can try
-to disable it to improve device stability.
+Powersave may be unstable on some networks
+.Po results in occasional Sy 'wpi%d: device timeout' No messages Pc ;
+you can try to disable it to improve device stability.

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