diff --git a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
index 4483dd4..1ee07d9 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
    mechanism. The default is 2 but is automatically disabled when the target
    architecture is AArch32.
 
--  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS``: Boolean option to enable Scalable Vector Extension
+-  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Vector Extension
    (SVE) for the Non-secure world only. SVE is an optional architectural feature
    for AArch64. Note that when SVE is enabled for the Non-secure world, access
    to SIMD and floating-point functionality from the Secure world is disabled by
@@ -437,9 +437,10 @@
    which are aliased by the SIMD and FP registers. The build option is not
    compatible with the ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS`` build option, and will raise an
    assert on platforms where SVE is implemented and ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` set to
-   1. The default is 1 but is automatically disabled when ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1
-   since SME encompasses SVE. At this time, this build option cannot be used on
-   systems that have SPM_MM enabled.
+   1. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``FEATURE_DETECTION``
+   mechanism. The default is 1 but is automatically disabled when
+   ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1 since SME encompasses SVE. At this time, this build
+   option cannot be used on systems that have SPM_MM enabled.
 
 -  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable SVE for the Secure world.
    SVE is an optional architectural feature for AArch64. Note that this option