diff --git a/sys/contrib/dev/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c b/sys/contrib/dev/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
index b99204d8728..b5c5268f8dd 100644
--- a/sys/contrib/dev/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ b/sys/contrib/dev/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ static int iwl_request_firmware(struct iwl_drv *drv, bool first)
 
 		IWL_ERR(drv,
 			"check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git\n");
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+		IWL_ERR(drv, "On FreeBSD the firmware package can be installed running fwget(8).\n");
+#endif
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}