diff --git a/boards/Kconfig b/boards/Kconfig
index 44d2ec5cd06..ee66f5b1353 100644
--- a/boards/Kconfig
+++ b/boards/Kconfig
@@ -4895,5 +4895,5 @@ config BOARD_MEMORY_RANGE
 		Memory range of board. format: <start>,<end>,<flags>,....
 		start: start address of memory range
 		end: end address of memory range
-		flags: Readable 0x1, writable 0x2, executable 0x4
-		example:0x1000,0x2000,0x1},{0x2000,0x3000,0x3},{0x3000,0x4000,0x7} ... {0x0,0x0,0x0}
+		flags: Executable 0x1, Writable 0x2, Readable 0x4
+		example:{0x1000,0x2000,0x4},{0x2000,0x3000,0x6},{0x3000,0x4000,0x7} ... {0x0,0x0,0x0}
diff --git a/libs/libc/misc/lib_memoryregion.c b/libs/libc/misc/lib_memoryregion.c
index 1c55e424194..62187a247c3 100644
--- a/libs/libc/misc/lib_memoryregion.c
+++ b/libs/libc/misc/lib_memoryregion.c
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
  *   format - The format string to parse. <start>,<end>,<flags>,...
  *            start - The start address of the memory region
  *            end   - The end address of the memory region
- *            flags - Readable 0x1, writable 0x2, executable 0x4
+ *            flags - Executable 0x1, Writable 0x2, Readable 0x4
  *  region - The memory region to populate
  *  num    - The number of memory regions to parse
  *
- *  example: 0x1000,0x2000,0x1,0x2000,0x3000,0x3,0x3000,0x4000,0x7
+ *  example: 0x1000,0x2000,0x4,0x2000,0x3000,0x6,0x3000,0x4000,0x7
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ ssize_t parse_memory_region(FAR const char *format,
  *   format - The format string to parse. <start>,<end>,<flags>,...
  *            start - The start address of the memory region
  *            end   - The end address of the memory region
- *            flags - Readable 0x1, writable 0x2, executable 0x4
- *  example: 0x1000,0x2000,0x1,0x2000,0x3000,0x3,0x3000,0x4000,0x7
+ *            flags - Executable 0x1, Writable 0x2, Readable 0x4
+ *  example: 0x1000,0x2000,0x4,0x2000,0x3000,0x6,0x3000,0x4000,0x7
  *
  * Return:
  *   The parsed memory region list on success; NULL on failure.