diff --git a/cmd/bootefi.c b/cmd/bootefi.c
index d80353fa7189a344b61f2270d400aff59c49b56a..827fcd97dfd840932b13dc48f1017dee1996c33d 100644
--- a/cmd/bootefi.c
+++ b/cmd/bootefi.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ static int do_bootefi(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 		      char *const argv[])
 {
 	efi_status_t ret;
+	char *img_addr, *img_size, *str_copy, *pos;
 	void *fdt;
 
 	if (argc < 2)
@@ -662,7 +663,7 @@ static int do_bootefi(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (argc > 2 && strcmp(argv[2], "-")) {
+	if (argc > 2) {
 		uintptr_t fdt_addr;
 
 		fdt_addr = hextoul(argv[2], NULL);
@@ -684,16 +685,24 @@ static int do_bootefi(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "selftest"))
 		return do_efi_selftest();
 #endif
+	str_copy = strdup(argv[1]);
+	if (!str_copy) {
+		log_err("Out of memory\n");
+		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+	}
+	pos = str_copy;
+	img_addr = strsep(&pos, ":");
+	img_size = strsep(&pos, ":");
+	ret = do_bootefi_image(img_addr, img_size);
+	free(str_copy);
 
-	return do_bootefi_image(argv[1], argc > 3 ? argv[3] : NULL);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP
 static char bootefi_help_text[] =
-	"<image address> [fdt address [image size]]\n"
-	"  - boot EFI payload stored at <image address>\n"
-	"    fdt address, address of device-tree or '-'\n"
-	"    image size, required if image not preloaded\n"
+	"<image address>[:<image size>] [<fdt address>]\n"
+	"  - boot EFI payload\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI_HELLO
 	"bootefi hello\n"
 	"  - boot a sample Hello World application stored within U-Boot\n"
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst
index 4cc8c0718c5d8b32257dbaa83d95769c2fca0e35..cb03df4e1ca170fc8211738c307a886e2be05bda 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Synopsis
 
 ::
 
-    bootefi [image_addr] [fdt_addr [image_size]]
-    bootefi bootmgr [fdt_addr]
-    bootefi hello [fdt_addr]
-    bootefi selftest [fdt_addr]
+    bootefi <image_addr>[:<image_size>] [<fdt_addr>]
+    bootefi bootmgr [<fdt_addr>]
+    bootefi hello [<fdt_addr>]
+    bootefi selftest [<fdt_addr>]
 
 Description
 -----------