diff --git a/textproc/diff-so-fancy/Makefile b/textproc/diff-so-fancy/Makefile
index c049a0506127..821601a276b0 100644
--- a/textproc/diff-so-fancy/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/diff-so-fancy/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	diff-so-fancy
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.3
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.4
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
diff --git a/textproc/diff-so-fancy/distinfo b/textproc/diff-so-fancy/distinfo
index 8b9aa8215732..321c9992e9b1 100644
--- a/textproc/diff-so-fancy/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/diff-so-fancy/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1649622893
-SHA256 (so-fancy-diff-so-fancy-v1.4.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 2b88a1d1cc3bd63a0120c668125019aa5b65ad5c235c49d81431c5d89a86b137
-SIZE (so-fancy-diff-so-fancy-v1.4.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 51800
+TIMESTAMP = 1688558833
+SHA256 (so-fancy-diff-so-fancy-v1.4.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 3eac2cfb3b1de9d14b6a712941985d6b240b7f3726c94a5e337317c7161e869d
+SIZE (so-fancy-diff-so-fancy-v1.4.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 188528
diff --git a/textproc/diff-so-fancy/files/pkg-message.in b/textproc/diff-so-fancy/files/pkg-message.in
index ef6268a5e08f..0fc0e7192326 100644
--- a/textproc/diff-so-fancy/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/textproc/diff-so-fancy/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
-diff-so-fancy is normally used to format git's diff output.
-
 In order to configure git to use diff-so-fancy automatically, you can run:
     $ git config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less -R"
 
-See %%DOCSDIR%%/readme.md for more information.
+diff-so-fancy can also be used with diff(1) directly as well as tools like
+hg(1).
+
+See %%DOCSDIR%%/README.md for more information.
 EOM
 }
 ]