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diff --git a/share/man/man4/mt7921.4 b/share/man/man4/mt7921.4
--- a/share/man/man4/mt7921.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/mt7921.4
@@ -1,30 +1,13 @@
-.\"-
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Bjoern A. Zeeb
+.\" Copyright (c) 2026 The FreeBSD Foundation
.\"
-.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-.\" are met:
-.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" Portions of this documentation were written by Bj\xc3\xb6rn Zeeb
+.\" under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
.\"
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
-.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
-.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
-.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
-.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
-.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
-.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
.\"
-.Dd November 10, 2024
+.Dd July 27, 2026
.Dt MT7921 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,21 +27,19 @@
kld_list="${kld_list} if_mt7921"
.Ed
.Pp
-The driver should automatically load any
-firmware needed for the particular chipset.
-.Pp
-It is discouraged to load the driver from
+It is not possible to load the driver from
.Xr loader 8 .
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for MediaTek MT7921E wireless network devices.
+driver provides support for MediaTek MT7921 based wireless
+network devices.
.Nm
-is derived from MediaTek's Linux mt76 driver.
+is derived from MediaTek's Linux mt76 driver based on Linux version 7.0.
.Pp
This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
The package
-.Pa wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
+.Pa wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt7921
from the
.Pa ports/net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
port needs to be installed before the driver is loaded.
@@ -66,15 +47,14 @@
.Xr wlan 4
interface can be created using
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
-One can use
+One should use
.Xr fwget 8
to install the correct firmware package.
.Pp
The driver uses the
-.\" No LinuxKPI man pages so no .Xr here.
-.Sy linuxkpi_wlan
+.Xr linuxkpi_wlan 4
and
-.Sy linuxkpi
+.Xr linuxkpi 4
compat framework to bridge between the Linux and
native
.Fx
@@ -88,9 +68,17 @@
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
.It
-MediaTek MT7921E
+MediaTek MT7920E
+.It
+MediaTek MT7921E (also known as AMD RZ608)
+.It
+MediaTek MT7922E (also known as AMD RZ616)
.El
+.Pp
+You may also see MT7961 in names for MT7920 and MT7921 devices.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr linuxkpi 4 ,
+.Xr linuxkpi_wlan 4 ,
.Xr wlan 4 ,
.Xr networking 7 ,
.Xr fwget 8 ,
@@ -100,12 +88,10 @@
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
-.Fx 14.0 .
+.Fx 16.0 .
.Sh BUGS
-Certainly.
-.Pp
While
.Nm
supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax modes,
-the compatibility code currently only supports 802.11a/b/g modes.
-Support for 802.11n/ac/ax is to come.
+the compatibility code currently only supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac modes.
+Support for 802.11ax is to come.

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