diff --git a/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_commands.h b/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_commands.h
index 091ef1cffef7..5917c3e87741 100644
--- a/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_commands.h
+++ b/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_commands.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define LCD_CMD_RAMRD        0x2E // Read frame memory
 #define LCD_CMD_PTLAR        0x30 // Define the partial area
 #define LCD_CMD_VSCRDEF      0x33 // Vertical scrolling definition
-#define LCD_CMD_TEOFF        0x34 // Turns of tearing effect
+#define LCD_CMD_TEOFF        0x34 // Turns off tearing effect
 #define LCD_CMD_TEON         0x35 // Turns on tearing effect
 
 #define LCD_CMD_MADCTL       0x36     // Memory data access control
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #define LCD_CMD_COLMOD       0x3A // Defines the format of RGB picture data
 #define LCD_CMD_RAMWRC       0x3C // Memory write continue
 #define LCD_CMD_RAMRDC       0x3E // Memory read continue
-#define LCD_CMD_STE          0x44 // Set tear scanline, tearing effect output signal when display module reaches line N
-#define LCD_CMD_GDCAN        0x45 // Get scanline
+#define LCD_CMD_STE          0x44 // Set tear scan line, tearing effect output signal when display module reaches line N
+#define LCD_CMD_GDCAN        0x45 // Get scan line
 #define LCD_CMD_WRDISBV      0x51 // Write display brightness
 #define LCD_CMD_RDDISBV      0x52 // Read display brightness value
diff --git a/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h b/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
index 9bc140870e4f..9877ab8ea532 100644
--- a/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
+++ b/components/esp_lcd/include/esp_lcd_panel_io.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_lcd_panel_io_rx_param(esp_lcd_panel_io_handle_t io, int lcd_cmd, v
  *       this function will wait until they are finished and the queue is empty before sending the command(s).
  *
  * @param[in] io LCD panel IO handle, which is created by other factory API like `esp_lcd_new_panel_io_spi()`
- * @param[in] lcd_cmd The specific LCD command (set to -1 if no command needed - only in SPI and I2C)
+ * @param[in] lcd_cmd The specific LCD command, set to -1 if no command needed
  * @param[in] param Buffer that holds the command specific parameters, set to NULL if no parameter is needed for the command
  * @param[in] param_size Size of `param` in memory, in bytes, set to zero if no parameter is needed for the command
  * @return
diff --git a/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_i80.c b/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_i80.c
index 038983cf93c2..f9d61a72ceae 100644
--- a/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_i80.c
+++ b/components/esp_lcd/src/esp_lcd_panel_io_i80.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -577,9 +577,16 @@ static void lcd_periph_trigger_quick_trans_done_event(esp_lcd_i80_bus_handle_t b
 static void lcd_start_transaction(esp_lcd_i80_bus_t *bus, lcd_i80_trans_descriptor_t *trans_desc)
 {
     // by default, the dummy phase is disabled because it's not common for most LCDs
+    uint32_t dummy_cycles = 0;
+    uint32_t cmd_cycles = trans_desc->cmd_value >= 0 ? trans_desc->cmd_cycles : 0;
     // Number of data phase cycles are controlled by DMA buffer length, we only need to enable/disable the phase here
-    lcd_ll_set_phase_cycles(bus->hal.dev, trans_desc->cmd_cycles, 0, trans_desc->data ? 1 : 0);
-    lcd_ll_set_command(bus->hal.dev, bus->bus_width, trans_desc->cmd_value);
+    uint32_t data_cycles = trans_desc->data ? 1 : 0;
+    if (trans_desc->cmd_value >= 0) {
+        lcd_ll_set_command(bus->hal.dev, bus->bus_width, trans_desc->cmd_value);
+    }
+    lcd_ll_set_phase_cycles(bus->hal.dev, cmd_cycles, dummy_cycles, data_cycles);
+    lcd_ll_set_blank_cycles(bus->hal.dev, 1, 1);
+
     if (trans_desc->data) { // some specific LCD commands can have no parameters
         gdma_start(bus->dma_chan, (intptr_t)(bus->dma_nodes));
         // delay 1us is sufficient for DMA to pass data to LCD FIFO