diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h
index 640e0d082b..d37ae14de2 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_wifi_scan_stop(void);
 esp_err_t esp_wifi_scan_get_ap_num(uint16_t *number);
 
 /**
-  * @brief     Get AP list found in last scan.
+  * @brief     Retrieve the list of APs found during the last scan. The returned AP list is sorted in descending order based on RSSI.
   *
   * @attention  This API will free all memory occupied by scanned AP list.
   *
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index 156ffd07c1..1aae66a018 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 156ffd07c180d7ec26a3151b4485fc1ef3d11113
+Subproject commit 1aae66a0183a52a792f0440bfbffb5024a87178a