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-rw-r--r--tools/imagetool.h6
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diff --git a/README b/README
index cb49aa15da..7b73a1c973 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3832,16 +3832,8 @@ when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
-The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
-option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
-option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
-from the image:
-
- tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
- -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
- -T ==> set image type to 'type'
- -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
-
+The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
+built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
Installing a Linux Image:
-------------------------
diff --git a/tools/imagetool.h b/tools/imagetool.h
index acbc48e9be..8726792c8c 100644
--- a/tools/imagetool.h
+++ b/tools/imagetool.h
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ struct image_type_params {
struct image_tool_params *);
/*
* This function is used by the command to retrieve a component
- * (sub-image) from the image (i.e. dumpimage -i <image> -p <position>
- * <sub-image-name>).
- * Thus the code to extract a file from an image must be put here.
+ * (sub-image) from the image (i.e. dumpimage -p <position>
+ * -o <component-outfile> <image>). Thus the code to extract a file
+ * from an image must be put here.
*
* Returns 0 if the file was successfully retrieved from the image,
* or a negative value on error.