diff --git a/Standards/scs-0100-v3-flavor-naming.md b/Standards/scs-0100-v3-flavor-naming.md
index 297900c1c..1712f51e7 100644
--- a/Standards/scs-0100-v3-flavor-naming.md
+++ b/Standards/scs-0100-v3-flavor-naming.md
@@ -230,18 +230,21 @@ so users can expect some level of parallelism and independence.
 
 ## Naming policy compliance
 
-You are allowed to understate your performance; you may implement a SCS-1V-1-5 flavor with
-a flavor that actually implements SCS-1T-1-5n (i.e. you dedicate a dedicated hyperthread instead
-of higher oversubscription) or even SCS-1C-1.5-8s (1 dedicated core, 50% more RAM and a 8GiB SSD).
-Or you may offer the (v3 mandatory) `SCS-2V-4-20s` with a `SCS-2V-4-20p` (using a local NVMe
-instead of an SSD).
+Every flavor you offer MUST satisfy the following assertion:
 
-Flavor names indicating certain capabilities must _at least_ provide these, otherwise they
-are in violation of the SCS specification and prevent SCS compliance.
+- If its name starts with `SCS-`, the name has to conform to the syntax outlined above, and
+  the flavor must _at least_ provide the capabilities indicated by the name.
 
-We expect all cloud providers to offer the short, less specific flavor names (such as SCS-8V-32-100).
-Larger providers that offer more details (using the extension below) are expected to still also
-offer the short variants for usability and easier portability, even beyond the mandated flavors.
+That is to say:
+
+- You may offer flavors not following the above scheme, as long as the name does not
+  start with `SCS-`.
+
+- You are allowed to understate your performance; for instance, a flavor that satisfies
+  `SCS-1C-1.5-8s` (1 dedicated core, 1.5 GiB RAM, 8 GiB SSD) may also be named
+  `SCS-1T-1-5n` (1 dedicated hyperthread, 1 GiB RAM, 5 GiB network volume) or even
+  `SCS-1V-1-5`. Similarly, you may offer the (v3 mandatory) `SCS-2V-4-20s` with a `SCS-2V-4-20p`
+  implementation (using a local NVMe instead of an SSD).
 
 You must be very careful to expose low vCPU guarantees (`L` instead of `V`), insecure
 hyperthreading/microcode `i`, non-ECC-RAM `u`, memory oversubscription `o`. Note that omitting these qualifiers
@@ -249,11 +252,9 @@ is _overstating_ your security, reliability or performance properties and may be
 clients to feel betrayed or claim damages. This would prevent SCS compliance and certification;
 in extreme cases, the SCS project might be forced to work with public statements.
 
-You may offer additional `SCS-` flavors, following the naming scheme and rules outlined here.
-
-You may offer additional flavors, not following above scheme and not starting with `SCS-`
-
-You must not offer flavors with the `SCS-` prefix which do not follow this naming scheme.
+We expect all cloud providers to offer the short, less specific flavor names (such as `SCS-8V-32-100`).
+Larger providers that offer more details (using the extension below) are expected to still also
+offer the short variants for usability and easier portability, even beyond the mandated flavors.
 
 You must not extend the SCS naming scheme with your own extensions; you are encouraged however
 to suggest extensions that we can discuss and add to the official scheme.
diff --git a/Standards/scs-0103-v1-standard-flavors.md b/Standards/scs-0103-v1-standard-flavors.md
index 9756ce8f9..ba7088f6a 100644
--- a/Standards/scs-0103-v1-standard-flavors.md
+++ b/Standards/scs-0103-v1-standard-flavors.md
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Whenever ANY of these are present on ANY flavor, the corresponding semantics mus
 
 ## Standard SCS flavors
 
-These are flavors that must exist on standard SCS clouds (x86-64).
+Following are flavors that must exist on standard SCS clouds (x86-64).
+Note that this statement does not preclude the existence of additional flavors.
 
 ### Mandatory