manual/files/asset_libraries/introduction.rst

@@ -225,11 +225,18 @@ Blender saves these assets to libraries in special files using the `.asset.blend
 are entirely managed by Blender's asset system, and only contain a single asset and its
 dependencies.
 
-`.asset.blend` files may be deleted or overwritten by Blender's asset system. Hence, saving changes
+It is still possible to save a normal file with the `.asset.blend` extension. This will then not
-to them is highly discouraged, as they can easily be lost. Attempting to save edits to such a file
+be treated as an asset system file, Blender knows the difference.
-will spawn a warning popup, giving you the choice to use
+
-:ref:`Save As <bpy.ops.wm.save_as_mainfile>` to instead save the changes in a new, regular
+Asset system files have one more special characteristic: You can open, but not save them. The
-blend-file.
+:ref:`Save As <bpy.ops.wm.save_as_mainfile>` operator can still be used to create a new file from
+them, which will then be just a normal blend-file. Thus contained assets cannot be edited without
+opening the file itself. Blender shows some clear warnings to communicate that asset system files
+cannot be changed and saved the normal way.
+
+The reason these files are special is that the asset system might need to regenerate them. Any
+additional changes done by the user might be lost then. To prevent this data-loss, these files are
+protected from user modifications.
 
 Currently, only brush assets support this feature.