From c54f4783d0cd51d8aad1c0a4fd9fe564d461aae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elasota <1137273+elasota@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 20:13:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Specify that decoders may reject non-zero probabilities for
 larger offset codes than supported by the implementation

---
 doc/zstd_compression_format.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/zstd_compression_format.md b/doc/zstd_compression_format.md
index 7955dae4a..8a60e56df 100644
--- a/doc/zstd_compression_format.md
+++ b/doc/zstd_compression_format.md
@@ -1129,7 +1129,10 @@ If the last symbol makes cumulated total go above `1 << Accuracy_Log`,
 distribution is considered corrupted.
 If this process results in a non-zero probability for a value outside of the
 valid range of values that the FSE table is defined for, even if that value is
-not used, then the data is considered corrupted.
+not used, then the data is considered corrupted.  In the case of offset codes,
+a decoder implementation may reject a frame containing a non-zero probability
+for an offset code larger than the largest offset code supported by the decoder
+implementation.
 
 Then the decoder can tell how many bytes were used in this process,
 and how many symbols are present.