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diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwi.4
index 96dfdbbc532..576bf1cbe7a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwi.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.16 2005/03/22 18:30:52 sturm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.17 2005/05/22 15:43:47 damien Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ Also known as
mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
which all traffic passes.
This is the only mode available for this card.
+.It monitor mode
+In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without
+associating with an access point.
+This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to
+capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to,
+or to scan for access points.
.El
.Pp
.Nm
@@ -148,8 +154,10 @@ which are loaded on demand when the device is attached:
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-boot
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-bss
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ibss
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-monitor
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-bss
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-ibss
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-monitor
.El
.Pp
These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant