diff --git a/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_shell.c b/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_shell.c
index f470e700f8c..1f13ae864ae 100644
--- a/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_shell.c
+++ b/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_shell.c
@@ -1903,9 +1903,9 @@ SHELL_STATIC_SUBCMD_SET_CREATE(wifi_commands,
 		    "[-b, --bands <Comma separated list of band values (2/5/6)>] : Bands to be scanned where 2: 2.4 GHz, 5: 5 GHz, 6: 6 GHz\n"
 		    "[-a, --dwell_time_active <val_in_ms>] : Active scan dwell time (in ms) on a channel. Range 5 ms to 1000 ms\n"
 		    "[-p, --dwell_time_passive <val_in_ms>] : Passive scan dwell time (in ms) on a channel. Range 10 ms to 1000 ms\n"
-		    "[-s, --ssid : SSID to scan for. Can be provided multiple times\n"
+		    "[-s, --ssid] : SSID to scan for. Can be provided multiple times\n"
 		    "[-m, --max_bss <val>] : Maximum BSSes to scan for. Range 1 - 65535\n"
-		    "[-c, --chans <Comma separated list of channel ranges>] : Channels to be scanned. The channels must be specified in the form band1:chan1,chan2_band2:chan3,..etc. band1, band2 must be valid band values and chan1, chan2, chan3 must be specified as a list of comma separated values where each value is either a single channel or a channel range specified as chan_start-chan_end. Each band channel set has to be separated by a _. For example, a valid channel specification can be 2:1,6-11,14_5:36,149-165,44\n"
+		    "[-c, --chans <Comma separated list of channel ranges>] : Channels to be scanned. The channels must be specified in the form band1:chan1,chan2_band2:chan3,..etc. band1, band2 must be valid band values and chan1, chan2, chan3 must be specified as a list of comma separated values where each value is either a single channel or a channel range specified as chan_start-chan_end. Each band channel set has to be separated by a _. For example, a valid channel specification can be 2:1,6_5:36 or 2:1,6-11,14_5:36,163-177,52. Care should be taken to ensure that configured channels don't exceed CONFIG_WIFI_MGMT_SCAN_CHAN_MAX_MANUAL\n"
 		    "[-h, --help] : Print out the help for the scan command.\n",
 		  cmd_wifi_scan,
 		  1, 8),
diff --git a/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_utils.c b/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_utils.c
index 76e93fc33e0..bd47205e4f9 100644
--- a/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_utils.c
+++ b/subsys/net/l2/wifi/wifi_utils.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ int wifi_utils_parse_scan_chan(char *scan_chan_str,
 			memset(chan_str, 0, sizeof(chan_str));
 
 			if (chan_start) {
-				if ((chan_idx + (chan_val - chan_start)) >= max_channels) {
+				if ((chan_idx + (chan_val - chan_start)) > max_channels) {
 					NET_ERR("Too many channels specified (%d)", max_channels);
 					return -EINVAL;
 				}