diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi
index bfcdc857e..987339eb7 100644
--- a/doc/openocd.texi
+++ b/doc/openocd.texi
@@ -8486,10 +8486,8 @@ is the register offset of the Option byte to read.
 
 For example to read the FLASH_OPTR register:
 @example
-stm32l4x option_read 0 0x20
-# Option Register (for STM32L4x): <0x40022020> = 0xffeff8aa
-# Option Register (for STM32WBx): <0x58004020> = ...
-# The correct flash base address will be used automatically
+> stm32l4x option_read 0 0x20
+0xffeff8aa
 @end example
 
 The above example will read out the FLASH_OPTR register which contains the RDP
diff --git a/src/flash/nor/stm32l4x.c b/src/flash/nor/stm32l4x.c
index 0c56ef6d9..4c25875ab 100644
--- a/src/flash/nor/stm32l4x.c
+++ b/src/flash/nor/stm32l4x.c
@@ -2441,19 +2441,18 @@ COMMAND_HANDLER(stm32l4_handle_option_read_command)
 	if (retval != ERROR_OK)
 		return retval;
 
-	uint32_t reg_offset, reg_addr;
+	uint32_t reg_offset;
 	uint32_t value = 0;
 
 	COMMAND_PARSE_NUMBER(u32, CMD_ARGV[1], reg_offset);
-	reg_addr = stm32l4_get_flash_reg(bank, reg_offset);
 
 	retval = stm32l4_read_flash_reg(bank, reg_offset, &value);
 	if (retval != ERROR_OK)
 		return retval;
 
-	command_print(CMD, "Option Register: <0x%" PRIx32 "> = 0x%" PRIx32, reg_addr, value);
+	command_print(CMD, "0x%" PRIx32, value);
 
-	return retval;
+	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
 COMMAND_HANDLER(stm32l4_handle_option_write_command)