Questions are raised here, without providing any answers to them, regarding the standard way of specifying the tolerances on various multipole components in superconducting dipoles. They are: 1. Dependence of systematic b6(normal 14‐pole) and b8(normal 18‐pole) on the required momentum aperture, 2. Importance of resonance width (and its precise meaning) for specifying random low‐order multipoles, and 3. Understanding tracking results in terms of multipole components.