diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-override.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-override.bconf
deleted file mode 100644
index fde6c561512e..000000000000
--- a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-override.bconf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-key.subkey = value
-# We can not override pre-defined subkeys with value
-key := value
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-override2.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-override2.bconf
deleted file mode 100644
index 688587cb023c..000000000000
--- a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-override2.bconf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-key = value
-# We can not override pre-defined value with subkey
-key.subkey := value
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-append.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-append.bconf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b99a089a05f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-append.bconf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+key = foo
+keyx.subkey = value
+key += bar
+
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-mixed-kv1.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv1.bconf
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-mixed-kv1.bconf
rename to tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv1.bconf
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-mixed-kv2.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv2.bconf
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-mixed-kv2.bconf
rename to tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv2.bconf
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv3.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv3.bconf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ce2b02224b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-kv3.bconf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# mixed key and subkeys with braces
+key = value
+key {
+	subkey1
+	subkey2 = foo
+}
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-override.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-override.bconf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18195b2873b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/samples/good-mixed-override.bconf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+key.foo = bar
+key = value
+# mixed key value can be overridden
+key := value2