diff --git a/hostapd/defconfig b/hostapd/defconfig
index 3f2924b91..a9c8bdcef 100644
--- a/hostapd/defconfig
+++ b/hostapd/defconfig
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
 #CONFIG_EAP_GPSK_SHA256=y
 
 # EAP-FAST for the integrated EAP server
-# Note: Default OpenSSL package does not include support for all the
-# functionality needed for EAP-FAST. If EAP-FAST is enabled with OpenSSL,
-# the OpenSSL library must be patched (openssl-0.9.9-session-ticket.patch)
-# to add the needed functions.
+# Note: If OpenSSL is used as the TLS library, OpenSSL 1.0 or newer is needed
+# for EAP-FAST support. Older OpenSSL releases would need to be patched, e.g.,
+# with openssl-0.9.8x-tls-extensions.patch, to add the needed functions.
 #CONFIG_EAP_FAST=y
 
 # Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
index ea0db04fc..f32f84e25 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
@@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y
 CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
 
 # EAP-FAST
-# Note: Default OpenSSL package does not include support for all the
-# functionality needed for EAP-FAST. If EAP-FAST is enabled with OpenSSL,
-# the OpenSSL library must be patched (openssl-0.9.8d-tls-extensions.patch)
-# to add the needed functions.
+# Note: If OpenSSL is used as the TLS library, OpenSSL 1.0 or newer is needed
+# for EAP-FAST support. Older OpenSSL releases would need to be patched, e.g.,
+# with openssl-0.9.8x-tls-extensions.patch, to add the needed functions.
 #CONFIG_EAP_FAST=y
 
 # EAP-GTC