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diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4
--- a/share/man/man4/vt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4
@@ -201,12 +201,16 @@
.Xr loader.conf 5 .
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va hw.vga.textmode
-Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode.
+Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode on
+BIOS boot.
Features that require graphics mode, like loadable fonts, will be
disabled.
.Pp
If a KMS driver is loaded the console will switch to (and remain in)
graphics mode.
+Moreover this tunable has no effect with
+.Xr UEFI 8
+boot because it does not use VGA mode.
.It Va hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga
Set to 1 to force the usage of the VGA driver regardless of whether
ACPI IAPC_BOOT_ARCH signals no VGA support.
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