diff --git a/src/cap-description.adoc b/src/cap-description.adoc
index d108eb15..cfa4d619 100644
--- a/src/cap-description.adoc
+++ b/src/cap-description.adoc
@@ -120,10 +120,11 @@ Execute Permission (X):: Allow instruction execution.
 
 [#asr_perm,reftext="ASR-permission"]
 Access System Registers Permission (ASR):: Allow read and write access to all
-privileged (M-mode and S-mode) CSRs with the following exceptions:
-. <<utid>>, <<utidc>>, <<stid>>, <<stidc>>, <<mtid>>, <<mtidc>> all require ASR
-access for writing and not for reading, as well as having a suitable privileged
-execution mode.
+privileged (M-mode and S-mode) CSRs.
+If {tid_ext_name} is supported the <<utid>>, <<utidc>>, <<stid>>, <<stidc>>, <<mtid>>,
+<<mtidc>> registers are all considered privileged for the purposes of writing
+and unprivileged for reading, and thus require ASR-permission for writes but not reads.
+In all cases a suitable privilege mode is required for access.
 
 [#cap_permissions_encoding]
 ===== Permission Encoding