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diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
index 5052afe448..f8fce7207c 100644
--- a/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Standard Boot
overview
extlinux
pxelinux
+ qfw
diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
index 6afa1c2961..ef878963c9 100644
--- a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ Bootmeth drivers are provided for booting from various media:
- VBE
- EFI boot using boot manager
- Android bootflow (boot image v4)
+ - :doc:`QFW <qfw>`: QEMU firmware interface
Each driver is controlled by a Kconfig option. If no bootmeth driver is
selected by a compatible string in the devicetree, all available bootmeth
diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst
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index 0000000000..70086ad181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
+
+QFW Bootmeth
+============
+
+`QEMU <hhttps://www.qemu.org/>`_ is a system emulator which is able to boot
+Operating Systems. QEMU provides specific support for booting an OS image
+provided on the QEMU command line.
+
+When invoked on a bootdev for UCLASS_QFW, this bootmeth reads the kernel
+provided by the QEMU `-kernel` argument, the initial ramdisk provided by
+`-initrd` and the boot arguments (command line) provided by `-append` into
+memory ready for booting.
+
+When the bootflow is booted, the bootmeth tries the `booti` command first, then
+falls back to the `bootz` command. U-Boot's 'control' devicetree is passed
+through to the kernel.
+
+The compatible string "u-boot,qfw-bootmeth" is used for the driver. It is
+present if `CONFIG_QFW` is enabled.