diff --git a/xml/abstract_commands.xml b/xml/abstract_commands.xml
index 0833aea0..06215f75 100644
--- a/xml/abstract_commands.xml
+++ b/xml/abstract_commands.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ same project unless stated otherwise.
         This command lets the debugger perform memory accesses,
             with the exact same memory view and permissions as the selected
             hart has. This includes access to hart-local memory-mapped
-            registers, etc. The command performs the following sequence of
+            registers, etc.
+            If the hart treats instruction fetches different from data loads,
+            then Access Memory gets the data load behavior.
+            The command performs the following sequence of
             operations:
 
         . Copy data from the memory location specified in `arg1` into the