diff --git a/src/cheri-pte-ext.adoc b/src/cheri-pte-ext.adoc
index 1d240597..5940350e 100644
--- a/src/cheri-pte-ext.adoc
+++ b/src/cheri-pte-ext.adoc
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ and the capability read from memory optionally has its tag set^1^.
 | 1     | S   | X                                      | Normal operation^2^
 |===
 
-^1^ This is the current privilege mode, not the effective mode of the access and so is not affected by <<sstatusreg_pte,sstatus>>.SUM.
+^1^ This is the effective privilege mode of the memory access.
 
 ^2^ A future version of this specification may check an SCRG bit in <<sstatusreg_pte,sstatus>> for kernel revocation.