diff --git a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_lzma.h b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_lzma.h
index abdcc996e4c3..de7633c395ca 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_lzma.h
+++ b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_lzma.h
@@ -25,17 +25,11 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-/* Format L3.0, since we move to XZ API */
-#define CLOOP_MAGIC_LZMA \
-    "#!/bin/sh\n" \
-    "#L3.0\n" \
-    "n=uncompress\n" \
-    "m=geom_$n\n" \
-    "(kldstat -m $m 2>&-||kldload $m)>&-&&" \
-        "mount_cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -af $0`.$n $1\n" \
-    "exit $?\n"
 #define DEFAULT_SUFX_LZMA   ".ulzma"
 
+/* Format L3.0, since we move to XZ API */
+#define CLOOP_MAGIC_LZMA "#!/bin/sh\n#L3.0\n"
+
 size_t mkuz_lzma_cbound(size_t);
 void *mkuz_lzma_init(int *);
 void mkuz_lzma_compress(void *, const struct mkuz_blk *, struct mkuz_blk *);
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zlib.h b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zlib.h
index 88e68343a27d..5ecf77bb7284 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zlib.h
+++ b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zlib.h
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_SUFX_ZLIB       ".uzip"
 
-#define CLOOP_MAGIC_ZLIB        "#!/bin/sh\n#V2.0 Format\n" \
-    "(kldstat -qm g_uzip||kldload geom_uzip)>&-&&" \
-    "mount_cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -af $0`.uzip $1\nexit $?\n"
+#define CLOOP_MAGIC_ZLIB        "#!/bin/sh\n#V2.0 Format\n"
 
 size_t mkuz_zlib_cbound(size_t);
 void *mkuz_zlib_init(int *);
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zstd.h b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zstd.h
index b434afe61eee..ca62d3afd417 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zstd.h
+++ b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuz_zstd.h
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_SUFX_ZSTD       ".uzst"
 
-#define CLOOP_MAGIC_ZSTD        "#!/bin/sh\n#Z4.0 Format\n" \
-    "(kldstat -qm g_uzip||kldload geom_uzip)>&-&&" \
-    "mount_cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -af $0`.uzip $1\nexit $?\n"
+#define CLOOP_MAGIC_ZSTD        "#!/bin/sh\n#Z4.0 Format\n"
 
 size_t mkuz_zstd_cbound(size_t);
 void *mkuz_zstd_init(int *);
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.8 b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.8
index 6f7495ce5418..3b3afc626633 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.8
+++ b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.8
@@ -207,23 +207,6 @@ The same tradeoff continues to apply: reads in
 .Xr geom_uzip 4
 become more expensive the greater the cluster size.
 .Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility
-inserts a short shell script at the beginning of the generated image,
-which makes it possible to
-.Dq run
-the image just like any other shell script.
-The script tries to load the
-.Xr geom_uzip 4
-class if it is not loaded, configure the image as an
-.Xr md 4
-disk device using
-.Xr mdconfig 8 ,
-and automatically mount it using
-.Xr mount_cd9660 8
-on the mount point provided as the first argument to the script.
-.Pp
 The de-duplication is a
 .Fx
 specific feature and while it does not require any changes to on-disk
@@ -247,6 +230,34 @@ for
 .Dq 1 .
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Pp
+The following describes how to create and mount a uzip image.
+.Pp
+Create a file system image:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+makefs /src.img /usr/src
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Create the uzip image, the output file will be named src.img.uzip:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+mkuzip /src.img
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Ensure geom_uzip is loaded:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+kldload geom_uzip
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Create an MD device backed by the uzip image:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+mdconfig -f /src.img.uzip
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Mount the uzip image:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+mount -o ro /dev/md0.uzip /mnt
+.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr gzip 1 ,
 .Xr xz 1 ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.c b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.c
index f627562af7df..5d2aa9a48a98 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mkuzip/mkuzip.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	toc[hdr.nblocks] = 0;
 
 	cfs.fdw = open(oname, (cfs.en_dedup ? O_RDWR : O_WRONLY) | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT,
-		   S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
+		   S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 	if (cfs.fdw < 0) {
 		err(1, "open(%s)", oname);
 		/* Not reached */