diff --git a/src/broadcom/cle/v3d_packet_v33.xml b/src/broadcom/cle/v3d_packet_v33.xml
index cea2ce64d39..9077dcd82ae 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/cle/v3d_packet_v33.xml
+++ b/src/broadcom/cle/v3d_packet_v33.xml
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@
     <field name="BGR dithered" size="1" start="22" type="bool"/>
 
     <field name="Output image format" size="6" start="16" type="uint" prefix="Output Image Format">
+    <!--
+	Formats appear with their channels named from the low bits to
+	the high bits.
+    -->
       <value name="srgb8_alpha8" value="0"/>
       <value name="srgb" value="1"/>
       <value name="rgb10_a2ui" value="2"/>
@@ -543,9 +547,9 @@
 
     <field name="Output image format" size="6" start="16" type="uint" prefix="Output Image Format">
       <value name="depth_component32f" value="0"/>
-      <value name="depth_component24" value="1"/>
+      <value name="depth_component24" value="1"/> <!-- depth low, pad high -->
       <value name="depth_component16" value="2"/>
-      <value name="depth24_stencil8" value="3"/>
+      <value name="depth24_stencil8" value="3"/> <!-- stencil low, depth high -->
     </field>
 
     <field name="Decimate mode" size="2" start="14" type="uint"/>
@@ -838,16 +842,20 @@
   </struct>
 
   <enum name="Texture Data Formats">
+    <!--
+	most formats here have R in the low bits, A in the high bits.
+	Exceptions noted.
+    -->
     <value name="Texture Data Format R8" value="0"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format R8 SNORM" value="1"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format RG8" value="2"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format RG8 SNORM" value="3"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format RGBA8" value="4"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format RGBA8 SNORM" value="5"/>
-    <value name="Texture Data Format RGB565" value="6"/>
-    <value name="Texture Data Format RGBA4" value="7"/>
-    <value name="Texture Data Format RGB5_A1" value="8"/>
-    <value name="Texture Data Format RGB10_A2" value="9"/>
+    <value name="Texture Data Format RGB565" value="6"/> <!-- B in low bits -->
+    <value name="Texture Data Format RGBA4" value="7"/> <!-- A low, R high -->
+    <value name="Texture Data Format RGB5_A1" value="8"/> <!-- A low, R high -->
+    <value name="Texture Data Format RGB10_A2" value="9"/> <!-- R low, A high -->
     <value name="Texture Data Format R16" value="10"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format R16 SNORM" value="11"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format RG16" value="12"/>
@@ -862,7 +870,7 @@
     <value name="Texture Data Format DEPTH COMP16" value="21"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format DEPTH COMP24" value="22"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format DEPTH COMP32F" value="23"/>
-    <value name="Texture Data Format DEPTH24_X8" value="24"/>
+    <value name="Texture Data Format DEPTH24_X8" value="24"/> <!-- X low, D high -->
     <value name="Texture Data Format R4" value="25"/>
     <value name="Texture Data Format R1" value="26"/>
     <!-- generic unfiltered 8-bit sample -->