diff --git a/src/machine.adoc b/src/machine.adoc
index c9412578e..261f3f41e 100644
--- a/src/machine.adoc
+++ b/src/machine.adoc
@@ -192,10 +192,17 @@ supervisor modes respectively.
 
 The "X" bit will be set if there are any non-standard extensions.
 
-When "B" bit is 1, the implementation supports the instructions provided by the
-Zba, Zbb, and Zbs extensions. When "B" bit is 0, it indicates that the
+When the "B" bit is 1, the implementation supports the instructions provided by the
+Zba, Zbb, and Zbs extensions. When the "B" bit is 0, it indicates that the
 implementation may not support one or more of the Zba, Zbb, or Zbs extensions.
 
+When the "M" bit is 1, the implementation supports all multiply and
+division instructions defined by the M extension. When the "M" bit
+is 0, it indicates that the implementation may not support those
+instructions. However if the Zmmul extension is suppported then
+the multiply instructions it specifies are supported irrespective
+of the value of the "M" bit.
+
 [NOTE]
 ====
 The `misa` CSR exposes a rudimentary catalog of CPU features to