diff --git a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
index c1d402aaa5ab..2744852f979f 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.62.2.1 2020/08/27 09:12:52 martin Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.62.2.2 2020/10/08 16:49:37 martin Exp $
 .\"	$OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.72 2002/02/22 02:02:33 miod Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Originally created by Marshall M. Midden -- 1997-10-20, m4@umn.edu
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd August 24, 2020
+.Dd October 5, 2020
 .Dt AFTERBOOT 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -450,8 +450,9 @@ network={
 }
 .Ed
 .Pp
-Then start the necessary daemons:
+Then bring up the interface and start the necessary daemons:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Ic ifconfig iwm0 up
 .Ic service wpa_supplicant onestart
 .Ic service dhcpcd onestart
 .Ed
@@ -459,6 +460,7 @@ Then start the necessary daemons:
 To automatically connect at boot, add the following to
 .Pa /etc/rc.conf :
 .Pp
+.Dl ifconfig_iwm0="up"
 .Dl dhcpcd=YES
 .Dl wpa_supplicant=YES
 .Pp