diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 2b59cff8be17..49ef12df631b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -689,9 +689,15 @@ files are there, and which are missing.
  File         Content
  ============ ===============================================================
  apm          Advanced power management info
+ bootconfig   Kernel command line obtained from boot config,
+ 	      and, if there were kernel parameters from the
+	      boot loader, a "# Parameters from bootloader:"
+	      line followed by a line containing those
+	      parameters prefixed by "# ".			(5.5)
  buddyinfo    Kernel memory allocator information (see text)	(2.5)
  bus          Directory containing bus specific information
- cmdline      Kernel command line
+ cmdline      Kernel command line, both from bootloader and embedded
+              in the kernel image
  cpuinfo      Info about the CPU
  devices      Available devices (block and character)
  dma          Used DMS channels
diff --git a/fs/proc/bootconfig.c b/fs/proc/bootconfig.c
index 2e244ada1f97..902b326e1e56 100644
--- a/fs/proc/bootconfig.c
+++ b/fs/proc/bootconfig.c
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ static int __init copy_xbc_key_value_list(char *dst, size_t size)
 				break;
 			dst += ret;
 		}
+		if (ret >= 0 && boot_command_line[0]) {
+			ret = snprintf(dst, rest(dst, end), "# Parameters from bootloader:\n# %s\n",
+				       boot_command_line);
+			if (ret > 0)
+				dst += ret;
+		}
 	}
 out:
 	kfree(key);