diff --git a/common/cmd_ext2.c b/common/cmd_ext2.c
index 06d0234..7f22598 100644
--- a/common/cmd_ext2.c
+++ b/common/cmd_ext2.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  */
 int do_ext2load (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 {
-	return do_fsload(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv, FS_TYPE_EXT);
+	return do_fsload(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv, FS_TYPE_EXT, 16);
 }
 
 U_BOOT_CMD(
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@
 	"load binary file from a Ext2 filesystem",
 	"<interface> <dev[:part]> [addr] [filename] [bytes]\n"
 	"    - load binary file 'filename' from 'dev' on 'interface'\n"
-	"      to address 'addr' from ext2 filesystem"
+	"      to address 'addr' from ext2 filesystem.\n"
+	"      All numeric parameters are assumed to be hex."
 );