diff --git a/docs/asm/DIRECTIVES.md b/docs/asm/DIRECTIVES.md
index 55e9ccb..fbc0eb2 100644
--- a/docs/asm/DIRECTIVES.md
+++ b/docs/asm/DIRECTIVES.md
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ TEXT symbol(SB), [flags,] $framesize[-argsize]
   (0x80000000 in the object, the value of `ArgsSizeUnknown` from
   `funcdata.h`); a frame size may be negative only in the generated ABI
   wrappers.
-- A function whose last instruction is not a branch cannot fall through into
-  the next TEXT: the toolchain appends a jump to itself, so end functions
-  with `RET` deliberately.
+- A function whose last instruction is not a branch falls through into
+  whatever follows: nothing is appended, the next TEXT's code simply
+  continues the stream, so end functions with `RET` deliberately.
 - One TEXT per symbol; redeclaring is an error. The TEXT line also fixes the
   function's source line for traceback: it is the line number that pcln
   reports for the function's start.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Values from `textflag.h`, in agreement with `cmd/internal/obj/textflag.go`:
 | WRAPPER | 32 | TEXT | a wrapper; must not disable `recover` |
 | NEEDCTXT | 64 | TEXT | a closure consuming the context register |
 | TLSBSS | 256 | data | a thread local word in BSS |
-| NOFRAME | 512 | TEXT | no frame setup; only valid with a frame size of 0 |
+| NOFRAME | 512 | TEXT | no frame setup; the zero-frame spelling (the toolchain accepts a positive frame beside it and still allocates the frame, and the arm64 BSD syscall stubs pair it with $-8 deliberately) |
 | REFLECTMETHOD | 1024 | TEXT | the function calls `reflect.Type.Method` or `MethodByName` |
 | TOPFRAME | 2048 | TEXT | the outermost frame; unwinders stop here |
 | ABIWRAPPER | 4096 | TEXT | an ABI transition wrapper |
@@ -89,11 +89,15 @@ GLOBL ·msg(SB), RODATA, $14
 DATA symbol+offset(SB)/width, value
 ```
 
-- `width` is exactly 1, 2, 4 or 8: the initialiser is written into the data
-  image at `symbol+offset` in that many bytes.
+- `width` is bound by the value it carries: exactly 1, 2, 4 or 8 for an
+  integer (the assembler rejects any other), 4 or 8 for a float, and any
+  width for a string. The initialiser is written into the data image at
+  `symbol+offset` in that many bytes.
 - The value is an integer or character constant of the width, or a string
-  literal whose byte length equals the width exactly; escapes count. Long
-  data is written as successive DATA lines at increasing offsets; bytes the
+  literal whose bytes fit the width: a shorter literal is zero-padded, a
+  longer one is rejected; escapes count. An integer wider than the field is
+  silently truncated to the low bytes by both assemblers. Long data is
+  written as successive DATA lines at increasing offsets; bytes the
   directives never name are zero.
 - Every symbol initialised with DATA ends with a GLOBL line declaring its
   total size, after all of its DATA lines.