diff --git a/cmd/mtd.c b/cmd/mtd.c
index 2aabfd4d298..c22478c1527 100644
--- a/cmd/mtd.c
+++ b/cmd/mtd.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static char mtd_help_text[] =
 	"mtd bad                               <name>\n"
 	"\n"
 	"With:\n"
-	"\t<name>: NAND partition/chip name\n"
+	"\t<name>: NAND partition/chip name (or corresponding DM device name or OF path)\n"
 	"\t<addr>: user address from/to which data will be retrieved/stored\n"
 	"\t<off>: offset in <name> in bytes (default: start of the part)\n"
 	"\t\t* must be block-aligned for erase\n"