diff --git a/commands/splash.c b/commands/splash.c
index 5d0c0ad18..2ce1bdda8 100644
--- a/commands/splash.c
+++ b/commands/splash.c
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ static int do_splash(int argc, char *argv[])
 }
 
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(splash)
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("This command displays a graphics in the bitmap (.bmp) format on the")
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("framebuffer. Currently images with 8 and 24 bit color depth are supported.")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("This command displays a graphics image of either bitmap (.bmp) format")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("or Portable Network Graphics (.png) format on the framebuffer.")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Currently images with 8 and 24 bit color depth are supported.")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-f FB\t",    "framebuffer device (default /dev/fb0)")
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
 
 BAREBOX_CMD_START(splash)
 	.cmd		= do_splash,
-	BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("display a BMP image")
+	BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("display a BMP or PNG splash image")
 	BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-fxyno] FILE")
 	BAREBOX_CMD_GROUP(CMD_GRP_CONSOLE)
 	BAREBOX_CMD_HELP(cmd_splash_help)