diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index 8ea064b8d2..0e0be94f41 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ config CMD_TFTPBOOT
 	bool "tftpboot"
 	default y
 	help
-	  tftpboot - boot image via network using TFTP protocol
+	  tftpboot - load file via network using TFTP protocol
 
 config CMD_TFTPPUT
 	bool "tftp put"
diff --git a/cmd/net.c b/cmd/net.c
index 527ac84553..46f8c87b69 100644
--- a/cmd/net.c
+++ b/cmd/net.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int do_tftpb(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
 
 U_BOOT_CMD(
 	tftpboot,	3,	1,	do_tftpb,
-	"boot image via network using TFTP protocol",
+	"load file via network using TFTP protocol",
 	"[loadAddress] [[hostIPaddr:]bootfilename]"
 );
 #endif