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diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/cedit.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/cedit.rst
index 426470a82ac..1f92b7306a7 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/cedit.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/cedit.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Synopis
cedit write_fdt <dev[:part]> <filename>
cedit read_fdt <dev[:part]> <filename>
cedit write_env [-v]
+ cedit read_env [-v]
Description
-----------
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@ cedit read_fdt
Reads the user settings from a devicetree file and updates the cedit with those
settings.
+cedit read_env
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Reads the settings from the environment variables. For each menu item `<name>`,
+cedit looks for a variable called `c.<name>` with the ID of the selected menu
+item.
+
+The `-v` flag enables verbose mode, where each variable is printed after it is
+read.
+
cedit write_env
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -91,6 +102,10 @@ That results in::
This shows settings being stored in the environment::
=> cedit write_env -v
+ c.cpu-speed=7
+ c.cpu-speed-str=2.5 GHz
+ c.power-loss=12
+ c.power-loss-str=Memory
=> print
...
c.cpu-speed=6
@@ -98,3 +113,7 @@ This shows settings being stored in the environment::
c.power-loss=10
c.power-loss-str=Always Off
...
+
+ => cedit read_env -v
+ c.cpu-speed=7
+ c.power-loss=12