diff --git a/usr.bin/file/file.1 b/usr.bin/file/file.1
index 2e8dd60941d5..c945f48dd63d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/file/file.1
+++ b/usr.bin/file/file.1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 .Fl C
 .Op Fl m Ar magicfile
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-This manual page documents version 4.17 of the
+This manual page documents version 4.21 of the
 .Nm
 utility which tests each argument in an attempt to classify it.
 There are three sets of tests, performed in this order:
diff --git a/usr.bin/file/magic.5 b/usr.bin/file/magic.5
index af8be12ae93e..ea60544201d1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/file/magic.5
+++ b/usr.bin/file/magic.5
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This manual page documents the format of the magic file as
 used by the
 .Nm
-command, version 4.17.
+command, version 4.21.
 The
 .Nm file
 command identifies the type of a file using,