diff --git a/configs/sama5d3-xplained/README.txt b/configs/sama5d3-xplained/README.txt
index a721aa86bb..32abebc5df 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3-xplained/README.txt
+++ b/configs/sama5d3-xplained/README.txt
@@ -642,6 +642,26 @@ Load NuttX with U-Boot on AT91 boards
     2014-3-30:  These instructions were adapted from the Linux4SAM website
                 but have not yet been used.
 
+  Using JTAG
+  ----------
+
+  This description assumes that you have a JTAG debugger such as Segger
+  J-Link connected to the SAMA5D3-Xplained.
+
+  1. Start the GDB server
+  2. Start GDB
+  3. Use the 'target remote localhost:xxxx' command to attach to the GDG
+     server
+  4. Do 'mon reset' then 'mon go' to start the internal boot loader (maybe
+     U-Boot).
+  5. Let the boot loader run until it completes SDRAM initialization, then
+     do 'mon halt'.
+  6. Now you have SDRAM initialized and you use 'load nuttx' to load the
+     ELF file into SDRAM.
+  7. Use 'file nuttx' to load symbols
+  8. Set the PC to the NuttX entry point 'mon pc 0x20008040' and start
+     nuttx using 'mon go'.
+
 Buttons and LEDs
 ================
 
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3x-ek/README.txt b/configs/sama5d3x-ek/README.txt
index 2dfd48ed37..f0d0df6d6a 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3x-ek/README.txt
+++ b/configs/sama5d3x-ek/README.txt
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ Creating and Using NORBOOT
 Running NuttX from SDRAM
 ========================
 
+  Executing from SDRAM
+  --------------------
+
   NuttX may be executed from SDRAM.  But this case means that the NuttX
   binary must reside on some other media (typically NAND FLASH, Serial
   FLASH, or, perhaps even a TFTP server).  In these cases, an intermediate
@@ -477,6 +480,26 @@ Running NuttX from SDRAM
   advance but instead has to be calculated from the bootloader PLL configuration.
   See the TODO list at the end of this file for further information.
 
+  Using JTAG
+  ----------
+
+  This description assumes that you have a JTAG debugger such as Segger
+  J-Link connected to the SAMA5D3-Xplained.
+
+  1. Start the GDB server
+  2. Start GDB
+  3. Use the 'target remote localhost:xxxx' command to attach to the GDG
+     server
+  4. Do 'mon reset' then 'mon go' to start the internal boot loader (maybe
+     U-Boot).
+  5. Let the boot loader run until it completes SDRAM initialization, then
+     do 'mon halt'.
+  6. Now you have SDRAM initialized and you use 'load nuttx' to load the
+     ELF file into SDRAM.
+  7. Use 'file nuttx' to load symbols
+  8. Set the PC to the NuttX entry point 'mon pc 0x20008040' and start
+     nuttx using 'mon go'.
+
 NuttX Configuration
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4-ek/README.txt b/configs/sama5d4-ek/README.txt
index 4a011a4b56..0413a728d3 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4-ek/README.txt
+++ b/configs/sama5d4-ek/README.txt
@@ -855,6 +855,26 @@ Running NuttX from SDRAM
     2014-3-30:  These instructions were adapted from the Linux4SAM website
                 but have not yet been used.
 
+  Using JTAG
+  ----------
+
+  This description assumes that you have a JTAG debugger such as Segger
+  J-Link connected to the SAMA5D3-Xplained.
+
+  1. Start the GDB server
+  2. Start GDB
+  3. Use the 'target remote localhost:xxxx' command to attach to the GDG
+     server
+  4. Do 'mon reset' then 'mon go' to start the internal boot loader (maybe
+     U-Boot).
+  5. Let the boot loader run until it completes SDRAM initialization, then
+     do 'mon halt'.
+  6. Now you have SDRAM initialized and you use 'load nuttx' to load the
+     ELF file into SDRAM.
+  7. Use 'file nuttx' to load symbols
+  8. Set the PC to the NuttX entry point 'mon pc 0x20008040' and start
+     nuttx using 'mon go'.
+
 SAMA4D44-MB RevC PIO Usage
 ==========================