diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index a0af24560d27..41e036fa8e8e 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW:
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20141104:
+	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
+	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
+	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
+	drivers.
+
+	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
+	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
+	indicate what you need to do.
+
+	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
+	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
+	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
+
+	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
+	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
+	  kern.vty=sc
+
 20141102:
 	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
 	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for a more details on how to
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_cons.c b/sys/kern/kern_cons.c
index a6ccf626803d..9b7aeaae38a7 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_cons.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_cons.c
@@ -689,10 +689,10 @@ vty_enabled(unsigned vty)
 				vty_selected = vty_prefer;
 				break;
 			}
-#if defined(DEV_SC)
-			vty_selected = VTY_SC;
-#elif defined(DEV_VT)
+#if defined(DEV_VT)
 			vty_selected = VTY_VT;
+#elif defined(DEV_SC)
+			vty_selected = VTY_SC;
 #endif
 		} while (0);
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/param.h b/sys/sys/param.h
index 2afa47d68fe8..a3112893aa0e 100644
--- a/sys/sys/param.h
+++ b/sys/sys/param.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  *		in the range 5 to 9.
  */
 #undef __FreeBSD_version
-#define __FreeBSD_version 1100042	/* Master, propagated to newvers */
+#define __FreeBSD_version 1100043	/* Master, propagated to newvers */
 
 /*
  * __FreeBSD_kernel__ indicates that this system uses the kernel of FreeBSD,