diff --git a/sysutils/automount/Makefile b/sysutils/automount/Makefile
index 1e9bfe0669bc..a831afad6562 100644
--- a/sysutils/automount/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/automount/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 # Created by: Slawomir Wojciech Wojtczak <vermaden@interia.pl>
 
 PORTNAME=	automount
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.8
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	https://raw.github.com/vermaden/automount/master/
 
 MAINTAINER=	vermaden@interia.pl
 COMMENT=	FreeBSD's devd(8) based automount solution
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
 PLIST_FILES=	sbin/automount etc/devd/automount_devd.conf etc/automount.conf.sample
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		NTFS3G EXT4 EXFAT
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	NTFS3G EXT4
 NTFS3G_DESC=		Enable NTFS write support with ntfs-3g over FUSE
 NTFS3G_RUN_DEPENDS=	fusefs-ntfs>=0:sysutils/fusefs-ntfs
 EXT4_DESC=		Support EXT2/3/4 filesystem
 EXT4_RUN_DEPENDS=	fusefs-ext2>=0:sysutils/fusefs-ext2
 EXFAT_DESC=		Support Microsoft exFAT filesystem
 EXFAT_RUN_DEPENDS=	fusefs-exfat>=0:sysutils/fusefs-exfat \
 			exfat-utils>=0:sysutils/exfat-utils
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/automount ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/automount_devd.conf \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/devd
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/automount.conf \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/automount.conf.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/automount/distinfo b/sysutils/automount/distinfo
index 178bae731428..519f65316015 100644
--- a/sysutils/automount/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/automount/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1588193474
-SHA256 (automount-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 99b424086016639dfc92a77a719e7f30aa04fabd2664cae77c486bdade91ec85
-SIZE (automount-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 6670
+TIMESTAMP = 1651610023
+SHA256 (automount-1.7.8.tar.gz) = bfd986ce0e683ebdd6af9eb4837c0c92ac83f5d673f3ac0be0d599f71f96c308
+SIZE (automount-1.7.8.tar.gz) = 7584
diff --git a/sysutils/automount/pkg-descr b/sysutils/automount/pkg-descr
index 159bccbaadb3..5f862c2eff64 100644
--- a/sysutils/automount/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/automount/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-automount is a devd(8) based automounter for FreeBSD.
+The automount(8) is devd(8) based automounter for FreeBSD.
 
-It supports most popular file systems:
+It supports most popular filesystems:
 NTFS/FAT/exFAT/EXT2/EXT3/EXT4/UFS/HFS/XFS/ISO9660
 
+There are several ways to automount devices on FreeBSD.
+
+Make sure you are using only one solution at any given time.
+
 WWW: https://github.com/vermaden/automount/
diff --git a/sysutils/automount/pkg-message b/sysutils/automount/pkg-message
index 79de4b6fe739..e8a180cde268 100644
--- a/sysutils/automount/pkg-message
+++ b/sysutils/automount/pkg-message
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 
-You must run
+You must run below command to activate automount(8).
 
-    service devd restart
-
-to activate the new automount.
+    # service devd restart
 EOM
 }
 ]