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index 76dd3b2559bb..0730024aaff8 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/cc_newreno.4
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@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-.\"
-.Dd May 13, 2021
+.Dd February 4, 2023
.Dt CC_NEWRENO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In netinet/cc/cc_newreno.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The NewReno congestion control algorithm is the default for TCP.
Details about the algorithm can be found in RFC5681.
.Sh Socket Options
The
@@ -145,6 +142,13 @@ The
congestion control algorithm first appeared in its modular form in
.Fx 9.0 .
.Pp
+This was the default congestion control algorithm in FreeBSD before
+version
+.Fx 14.0 ,
+after which
+.Xr cc_cubic 4
+replaced it.
+.Pp
The module was first released in 2007 by James Healy and Lawrence Stewart whilst
working on the NewTCP research project at Swinburne University of Technology's
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures, Melbourne, Australia, which was made