diff --git a/tools/env/fw_env_main.c b/tools/env/fw_env_main.c
index 82116b4b2917d1dfb796e7c6f98e8ff95301eccd..baf3a4d90906dc9c76bb92cac82938fac564f5bc 100644
--- a/tools/env/fw_env_main.c
+++ b/tools/env/fw_env_main.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void usage(void)
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "fw_printenv/fw_setenv, "
 		"a command line interface to U-Boot environment\n\n"
-		"usage:\tfw_printenv\n"
+		"usage:\tfw_printenv [-n] [variable name]\n"
 		"\tfw_setenv [variable name] [variable value]\n"
 		"\tfw_setenv -s [ file ]\n"
 		"\tfw_setenv -s - < [ file ]\n\n"
@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		cmdname = p + 1;
 	}
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "s:h",
+	while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "ns:h",
 		long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
+		case 'n':
+			/* handled in fw_printenv */
+			break;
 		case 's':
 			script_file = optarg;
 			break;