diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93defed66e7..5f2a733ab1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Chat/UI: strip inline reply/audio directive tags (`[[reply_to_current]]`, `[[reply_to:<id>]]`, `[[audio_as_voice]]`) from displayed chat history, live chat event output, and session preview snippets so control tags no longer leak into user-visible surfaces.
 - Infra/Network: classify undici `TypeError: fetch failed` as transient in unhandled-rejection detection even when nested causes are unclassified, preventing avoidable gateway crash loops on flaky networks. (#14345) Thanks @Unayung.
 - Telegram/Retry: classify undici `TypeError: fetch failed` as recoverable in both polling and send retry paths so transient fetch failures no longer fail fast. (#16699) thanks @Glucksberg.
+- Docs/Telegram: correct Node 22+ network defaults (`autoSelectFamily`, `dnsResultOrder`) and clarify Telegram setup does not use positional `openclaw channels login telegram`. (#23609) Thanks @ryanbastic.
 - BlueBubbles/DM history: restore DM backfill context with account-scoped rolling history, bounded backfill retries, and safer history payload limits. (#20302) Thanks @Ryan-Haines.
 - BlueBubbles/Private API cache: treat unknown (`null`) private-API cache status as disabled for send/attachment/reply flows to avoid stale-cache 500s, and log a warning when reply/effect features are requested while capability is unknown. (#23459) Thanks @echoVic.
 - BlueBubbles/Webhooks: accept inbound/reaction webhook payloads when BlueBubbles omits `handle` but provides DM `chatGuid`, and harden payload extraction for array/string-wrapped message bodies so valid webhook events no longer get rejected as unparseable. (#23275) Thanks @toph31.
diff --git a/docs/channels/telegram.md b/docs/channels/telegram.md
index 138b2b255d8..6a454bd8dcf 100644
--- a/docs/channels/telegram.md
+++ b/docs/channels/telegram.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Status: production-ready for bot DMs + groups via grammY. Long polling is the de
 ```
 
     Env fallback: `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=...` (default account only).
+    Telegram does **not** use `openclaw channels login telegram`; configure token in config/env, then start gateway.
 
   </Step>
 
@@ -680,7 +681,8 @@ channels:
     proxy: socks5://user:pass@proxy-host:1080
 ```
 
-    - If DNS/IPv6 selection is unstable, force Node family selection behavior explicitly:
+    - Node 22+ defaults to `autoSelectFamily=true` (except WSL2) and `dnsResultOrder=ipv4first`.
+    - If your host is WSL2 or explicitly works better with IPv4-only behavior, force family selection:
 
 ```yaml
 channels:
@@ -689,7 +691,10 @@ channels:
       autoSelectFamily: false
 ```
 
-    - Environment override (temporary): set `OPENCLAW_TELEGRAM_DISABLE_AUTO_SELECT_FAMILY=1`.
+    - Environment overrides (temporary):
+      - `OPENCLAW_TELEGRAM_DISABLE_AUTO_SELECT_FAMILY=1`
+      - `OPENCLAW_TELEGRAM_ENABLE_AUTO_SELECT_FAMILY=1`
+      - `OPENCLAW_TELEGRAM_DNS_RESULT_ORDER=ipv4first`
     - Validate DNS answers:
 
 ```bash
@@ -732,7 +737,8 @@ Primary reference:
 - `channels.telegram.streaming`: `off | partial | block | progress` (live stream preview; default: `off`; `progress` maps to `partial`).
 - `channels.telegram.mediaMaxMb`: inbound/outbound media cap (MB).
 - `channels.telegram.retry`: retry policy for outbound Telegram API calls (attempts, minDelayMs, maxDelayMs, jitter).
-- `channels.telegram.network.autoSelectFamily`: override Node autoSelectFamily (true=enable, false=disable). Defaults to disabled on Node 22 to avoid Happy Eyeballs timeouts.
+- `channels.telegram.network.autoSelectFamily`: override Node autoSelectFamily (true=enable, false=disable). Defaults to enabled on Node 22+, with WSL2 defaulting to disabled.
+- `channels.telegram.network.dnsResultOrder`: override DNS result order (`ipv4first` or `verbatim`). Defaults to `ipv4first` on Node 22+.
 - `channels.telegram.proxy`: proxy URL for Bot API calls (SOCKS/HTTP).
 - `channels.telegram.webhookUrl`: enable webhook mode (requires `channels.telegram.webhookSecret`).
 - `channels.telegram.webhookSecret`: webhook secret (required when webhookUrl is set).
diff --git a/docs/gateway/configuration-reference.md b/docs/gateway/configuration-reference.md
index 34478bb324f..f9de696e8f6 100644
--- a/docs/gateway/configuration-reference.md
+++ b/docs/gateway/configuration-reference.md
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ WhatsApp runs through the gateway's web channel (Baileys Web). It starts automat
         maxDelayMs: 30000,
         jitter: 0.1,
       },
-      network: { autoSelectFamily: false },
+      network: {
+        autoSelectFamily: true,
+        dnsResultOrder: "ipv4first",
+      },
       proxy: "socks5://localhost:9050",
       webhookUrl: "https://example.com/telegram-webhook",
       webhookSecret: "secret",