diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c
index b785d8a..f6e956a 100644
--- a/common/image-fit.c
+++ b/common/image-fit.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void fit_image_print_verification_data(const void *fit, int noffset,
 	/*
 	 * Check subnode name, must be equal to "hash" or "signature".
 	 * Multiple hash/signature nodes require unique unit node
-	 * names, e.g. hash@1, hash@2, signature@1, signature@2, etc.
+	 * names, e.g. hash-1, hash-2, signature-1, signature-2, etc.
 	 */
 	name = fit_get_name(fit, noffset, NULL);
 	if (!strncmp(name, FIT_HASH_NODENAME, strlen(FIT_HASH_NODENAME))) {
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ int fit_image_verify(const void *fit, int image_noffset)
 		/*
 		 * Check subnode name, must be equal to "hash".
 		 * Multiple hash nodes require unique unit node
-		 * names, e.g. hash@1, hash@2, etc.
+		 * names, e.g. hash-1, hash-2, etc.
 		 */
 		if (!strncmp(name, FIT_HASH_NODENAME,
 			     strlen(FIT_HASH_NODENAME))) {
@@ -1348,15 +1348,15 @@ int fit_check_format(const void *fit)
  *
  * / o image-tree
  *   |-o images
- *   | |-o fdt@1
- *   | |-o fdt@2
+ *   | |-o fdt-1
+ *   | |-o fdt-2
  *   |
  *   |-o configurations
- *     |-o config@1
- *     | |-fdt = fdt@1
+ *     |-o config-1
+ *     | |-fdt = fdt-1
  *     |
- *     |-o config@2
- *       |-fdt = fdt@2
+ *     |-o config-2
+ *       |-fdt = fdt-2
  *
  * / o U-Boot fdt
  *   |-compatible = "foo,bar", "bim,bam"
diff --git a/common/image-sig.c b/common/image-sig.c
index bf824fe..d9f712f 100644
--- a/common/image-sig.c
+++ b/common/image-sig.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ int fit_config_check_sig(const void *fit, int noffset, int required_keynode,
 
 	/*
 	 * Each node can generate one region for each sub-node. Allow for
-	 * 7 sub-nodes (hash@1, signature@1, etc.) and some extra.
+	 * 7 sub-nodes (hash-1, signature-1, etc.) and some extra.
 	 */
 	max_regions = 20 + count * 7;
 	struct fdt_region fdt_regions[max_regions];
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index a41a836..b2b23a9 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ int boot_get_ramdisk(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images,
  * boot_get_loadable() will take the given FIT configuration, and look
  * for a field named "loadables".  Loadables, is a list of elements in
  * the FIT given as strings.  exe:
- *   loadables = "linux_kernel@1", "fdt@2";
+ *   loadables = "linux_kernel", "fdt-2";
  * this function will attempt to parse each string, and load the
  * corresponding element from the FIT into memory.  Once placed,
  * no aditional actions are taken.
@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@ int boot_get_setup_fit(bootm_headers_t *images, uint8_t arch,
  * @param images	Boot images structure
  * @param addr		Address of FIT in memory
  * @param fit_unamep	On entry this is the requested image name
- *			(e.g. "kernel@1") or NULL to use the default. On exit
+ *			(e.g. "kernel") or NULL to use the default. On exit
  *			points to the selected image name
  * @param fit_uname_configp	On entry this is the requested configuration
- *			name (e.g. "conf@1") or NULL to use the default. On
+ *			name (e.g. "conf-1") or NULL to use the default. On
  *			exit points to the selected configuration name.
  * @param arch		Expected architecture (IH_ARCH_...)
  * @param datap		Returns address of loaded image
@@ -632,10 +632,10 @@ int boot_get_fdt_fit(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr,
  * @param images	Boot images structure
  * @param addr		Address of FIT in memory
  * @param fit_unamep	On entry this is the requested image name
- *			(e.g. "kernel@1") or NULL to use the default. On exit
+ *			(e.g. "kernel") or NULL to use the default. On exit
  *			points to the selected image name
  * @param fit_uname_configp	On entry this is the requested configuration
- *			name (e.g. "conf@1") or NULL to use the default. On
+ *			name (e.g. "conf-1") or NULL to use the default. On
  *			exit points to the selected configuration name.
  * @param arch		Expected architecture (IH_ARCH_...)
  * @param image_type	Required image type (IH_TYPE_...). If this is
@@ -658,25 +658,25 @@ int fit_image_load(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr,
 /**
  * fit_get_node_from_config() - Look up an image a FIT by type
  *
- * This looks in the selected conf@ node (images->fit_uname_cfg) for a
+ * This looks in the selected conf- node (images->fit_uname_cfg) for a
  * particular image type (e.g. "kernel") and then finds the image that is
  * referred to.
  *
  * For example, for something like:
  *
  * images {
- *	kernel@1 {
+ *	kernel {
  *		...
  *	};
  * };
  * configurations {
- *	conf@1 {
- *		kernel = "kernel@1";
+ *	conf-1 {
+ *		kernel = "kernel";
  *	};
  * };
  *
  * the function will return the node offset of the kernel@1 node, assuming
- * that conf@1 is the chosen configuration.
+ * that conf-1 is the chosen configuration.
  *
  * @param images	Boot images structure
  * @param prop_name	Property name to look up (FIT_..._PROP)
@@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@ int fit_conf_get_node(const void *fit, const char *conf_uname);
  * @noffset:	Offset of conf@xxx node to check
  * @prop_name:	Property to read from the conf node
  *
- * The conf@ nodes contain references to other nodes, using properties
- * like 'kernel = "kernel@1"'. Given such a property name (e.g. "kernel"),
+ * The conf- nodes contain references to other nodes, using properties
+ * like 'kernel = "kernel"'. Given such a property name (e.g. "kernel"),
  * return the offset of the node referred to (e.g. offset of node
- * "/images/kernel@1".
+ * "/images/kernel".
  */
 int fit_conf_get_prop_node(const void *fit, int noffset,
 		const char *prop_name);
diff --git a/tools/image-host.c b/tools/image-host.c
index 2c0030b..8a7469e 100644
--- a/tools/image-host.c
+++ b/tools/image-host.c
@@ -270,16 +270,16 @@ static int fit_image_process_sig(const char *keydir, void *keydest,
  *
  * Input component image node structure:
  *
- * o image@1 (at image_noffset)
+ * o image-1 (at image_noffset)
  *   | - data = [binary data]
- *   o hash@1
+ *   o hash-1
  *     |- algo = "sha1"
  *
  * Output component image node structure:
  *
- * o image@1 (at image_noffset)
+ * o image-1 (at image_noffset)
  *   | - data = [binary data]
- *   o hash@1
+ *   o hash-1
  *     |- algo = "sha1"
  *     |- value = sha1(data)
  *
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int fit_image_add_verification_data(const char *keydir, void *keydest,
 		/*
 		 * Check subnode name, must be equal to "hash" or "signature".
 		 * Multiple hash nodes require unique unit node
-		 * names, e.g. hash@1, hash@2, signature@1, etc.
+		 * names, e.g. hash-1, hash-2, signature-1, etc.
 		 */
 		node_name = fit_get_name(fit, noffset, NULL);
 		if (!strncmp(node_name, FIT_HASH_NODENAME,