diff --git a/common/cmd_mac.c b/common/cmd_mac.c
index 0f924b7059a6fc3d873cdb5cbc201e66e9c1b4ee..fcc2867b7d4b6b1db9524198f132f4be0087d3da 100644
--- a/common/cmd_mac.c
+++ b/common/cmd_mac.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(
 	"display and program the system ID and MAC addresses in EEPROM",
 	"[read|save|id|num|errata|date|ports|0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7]\n"
 	"mac read\n"
-	"    - show content of EEPROM\n"
+	"    - read EEPROM content into memory\n"
 	"mac save\n"
 	"    - save to the EEPROM\n"
 	"mac id\n"