diff --git a/drafts/as-http-api.rst b/drafts/as-http-api.rst
index 1c1f342fb..0d0408689 100644
--- a/drafts/as-http-api.rst
+++ b/drafts/as-http-api.rst
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ including the AS token on a ``/register`` request, along with a login type of
     type: "m.login.application_service",
     user: "<desired user localpart in AS namespace>"
   }
+  
+Application services which attempt to create users or aliases *outside* of
+their defined namespaces will receive an error code ``M_EXCLUSIVE``. Similarly,
+normal users who attempt to create users or alises *inside* an application
+service-defined namespace will receive the same ``M_EXCLUSIVE`` error code.
 
 ID conventions ``[Draft]``
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