diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h
index fa9c40e868..e1120510a9 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi.h
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ 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 fd857ec9e1..7b7ca286d8 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fd857ec9e1f20942c9d398cccd84cc4f498e8e1a
+Subproject commit 7b7ca286d82f0d3e0ad324d1b1d72a0f6b99e318