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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 203f4a9d9efe..0fbde71a1297 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM]
earlyprintk=vga
+ earlyprintk=efi
earlyprintk=xen
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
@@ -860,7 +861,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
takes over.
- Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time.
+ Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
+ be used at a time.
Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
@@ -874,8 +876,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
very good.
- The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
- console.
+ The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
+ the real console.
The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
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