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@@ -2283,8 +2283,9 @@ coherent with store instructions that modify PTEs.
 == "Svukte" Extension for Address-Independent Latency of User-Mode Faults to Supervisor Addresses, Version 0.3
 
 The Svukte extension provides a means to make user-mode accesses to supervisor
-memory raise page faults in constant time, mitigating attacks that attempt to
-discover the supervisor software's address-space layout.
+memory raise page faults with timing independent of the address-translation
+configuration and page-table contents, thereby mitigating attacks that attempt
+to discover the supervisor software's address-space layout.
 
 If the Svukte extension is implemented, the `senvcfg`.UKTE field is writable.
 If the hypervisor extension is additionally implemented, the `hstatus`.HUKTE
@@ -2309,6 +2310,9 @@ raises a page-fault exception corresponding to the original access type.
 The timing of an instruction that raises an exception for this reason must be
 independent of the faulting virtual address.
 
+NOTE: An Svukte-qualified access to such an address raises an exception even
+if the underlying PTE would have otherwise allowed the access.
+
 NOTE: Since whether an instruction is Svukte-qualified depends on the _effective_
 privilege mode of the access, even some instructions executed in HS-mode or M-mode
 (e.g. HLV with `hstatus`.SPVP=0, or LW with `mstatus`.MPRV=1 and