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@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ However, the memory model that \compcert{} uses for its intermediate languages i
% Mention that this optimisation is not performed sometimes (clang -03).
-Many of the \compcert{} instructions map well to hardware, but \texttt{Oshrximm} is expensive if implemented na\"ively. The problem is that in \compcert{} it is specified as a signed division:
+Many of the \compcert{} instructions map well to hardware, but \texttt{Oshrximm} (efficient signed division by a power of two using a logical shift) is expensive if implemented na\"ively. The problem is that in \compcert{} it is specified as a signed division:
\begin{equation*}
\texttt{Oshrximm } x\ y = \text{round\_towards\_zero}\left(\frac{x}{2^{y}}\right)
\end{equation*}