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--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with padding, size,
checksum and 12-byte magic word as below.
-[initrd][bootconfig][padding][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+[initrd][bootconfig][padding][size(le32)][checksum(le32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+
+The size and checksum fields are unsigned 32bit little endian value.
When the boot configuration is added to the initrd image, the total
file size is aligned to 4 bytes. To fill the gap, null characters