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diff --git a/commands/mw.c b/commands/mw.c
index 5bd4bdd58f..5dcef7e2fc 100644
--- a/commands/mw.c
+++ b/commands/mw.c
@@ -110,12 +110,17 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-l", "long access (32 bit)")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-q", "quad access (64 bit)")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-d FILE", "write file (default /dev/mem)")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-x", "swap bytes")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Memory regions can be specified in two different forms: START+SIZE")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("or START-END, If START is omitted it defaults to 0x100")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Sizes can be specified as decimal, or if prefixed with 0x as hexadecimal.")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("An optional suffix of k, M or G is for kbytes, Megabytes or Gigabytes.")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
BAREBOX_CMD_START(mw)
.cmd = do_mem_mw,
BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("memory write")
- BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-bwldx] REGION DATA...")
+ BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-bwlqx] [-d FILE] REGION DATA...")
BAREBOX_CMD_GROUP(CMD_GRP_MEM)
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP(cmd_mw_help)
BAREBOX_CMD_END