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diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4
index 1f79319aad61..a512bd70ba50 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4
@@ -1,92 +1,100 @@
.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 2021 The FreeBSD Foundation
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.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 1, 2022
+.Dd March 4, 2022
.Dt iwlwifi 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iwlwifi
.Nd Intel IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in
-.Xr rc.conf 5 :
+The driver will auto-load without any user interaction using
+.Xr devmatch 8
+if enabled in
+.Xr rc.conf 5 .
+.Pp
+Only if auto-loading is explicitly disabled, place the following
+lines in
+.Xr rc.conf 5
+to manually load the driver as a module at boot time:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi"
.Ed
.Pp
The driver should automatically load any
.Xr iwlwififw 4
-firmware needed for the particular chipset in that case.
-.Pp
-It is anticipated that the driver will support auto-loading via
-.Xr devmatch 8
-in the future and will need no configuration at all.
+firmware needed for the particular chipset.
.Pp
It is discouraged to load the driver from
.Xr loader 8 .
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver is derived from Intel's Linux iwlwifi driver and provides support for
all chipsets supported by the
.Em mvm
part of that driver.
.\" XXX-BZ find way to add full list of chipsets automatically
.Nm
will be a successor to
.Xr iwm 4
and may superseed that driver in the future.
It still complements the
.Xr iwn 4
driver which supports older chipsets.
.Pp
The driver uses the
.\" No LinuxKPI man pages so no .Xr here.
.Em linuxkpi_wlan
and
.Em linuxkpi
compat framework to bridge between the Linux and
native FreeBSD driver code as well as to the native
.Xr net80211 4
wireless stack.
.Pp
While
.Nm
supports all 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
the compatibility code currently only supports 802.11 a/b/g modes.
Support for 802.11 n/ac is to come. 802.11ax and 6Ghz support are planned.
.Sh BUGS
Certainly.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr iwlwififw 4 ,
.Xr iwm 4 ,
.Xr iwn 4 ,
.Xr wlan 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+driver first appeared in
+.Fx 13.1 .
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4
index d38d38f28695..d1d9848cbcdc 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4
@@ -1,54 +1,59 @@
.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 2021 The FreeBSD Foundation
.\"
.\" This documentation was written by Bj\xc3\xb6rn Zeeb under sponsorship from
.\" 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.
.\"
.\" 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.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 1, 2022
+.Dd March 3, 2022
.Dt iwlwififw 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iwlwififw
.Nd Firmware modules for Intel iwlwifi wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
The
.Xr iwlwifi 4
driver should auto-load any firmware needed.
It is discouraged to load the driver or firmware manually from
.Xr loader 8 .
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Multiple modules provide access to firmware for the various chipset
models supported by the
.Xr iwlwifi 4
driver.
.Sh FILES
A copy of the
.Xr iwlwifi 4
firmware license is installed at
.Em /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwlwifi_firmware.LICENCE .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr iwlwifi 4 ,
.Xr firmware 9
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+firmware modules first appeared in
+.Fx 13.1 .

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