diff --git a/docs/guides/python_chip_controller_building.md b/docs/guides/python_chip_controller_building.md
index a40a7e3ac0abb2..d52e8f7c3f592d 100644
--- a/docs/guides/python_chip_controller_building.md
+++ b/docs/guides/python_chip_controller_building.md
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ example, `networkId=hex:0123456789abcdef` (for
 `[0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xef]`), `ssid=str:Test` (for
 `['T', 'e', 's', 't', 0x00]`).
 
+For boolean type, use `key=True` or `key=False`.
+
 ### `zcl ?`
 
 List available clusters:
@@ -558,6 +560,20 @@ Read the value of ZCL attribute. For example:
 chip-device-ctrl > zclread Basic VendorName 1234 1 0
 ```
 
+### `zclwrite <cluster> <attribute> <nodeid> <endpoint> <groupid> <value>`
+
+Write the value to a ZCL attribute. For example:
+
+```
+chip-device-ctrl > zclwrite TestCluster Int8u 1 1 0 1
+chip-device-ctrl > zclwrite TestCluster Boolean 1 1 0 True
+chip-device-ctrl > zclwrite TestCluster OctetString 1 1 0 str:123123
+chip-device-ctrl > zclwrite TestCluster CharString 1 1 0 233233
+```
+
+Note: The format of the value is the same as the format of argument values for
+ZCL cluster commands.
+
 ### `zclconfigure <Cluster> <Attribute> <Nodeid> <Endpoint> <MinInterval> <MaxInterval> <Change>`
 
 Configure ZCL attribute reporting settings. For example:
diff --git a/src/controller/python/chip-device-ctrl.py b/src/controller/python/chip-device-ctrl.py
index 9c9dcae3cc1592..b0176684b9d1a1 100755
--- a/src/controller/python/chip-device-ctrl.py
+++ b/src/controller/python/chip-device-ctrl.py
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ def ParseValueWithType(value, type):
         return value
     elif type == 'bytes':
         return ParseEncodedString(value)
+    elif type == 'bool':
+        return (value.upper() not in ['F', 'FALSE', '0'])
     else:
         raise ParsingError('cannot recognize type: {}'.format(type))