Error in Oracle Database Reference 11g Release 2 (11.2) E25513-04

Question

The V$ASM_FILE view description is probably not correct:
In an Automatic Storage Management instance, V$ASM_FILE displays one row for every Automatic Storage Management file in every disk group mounted by the Automatic Storage Management instance. In a database instance, V$ASM_FILE displays no rows.
However in my environment (Oracle Database 11g Release 2) the view does display rows in a database instance, and the rows returned are actually the same as those returned in ASM instance.

Answer 1

After some testing, we believe that the documentation is correct as written. For example:
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  780877824 bytes
Fixed Size                  2252968 bytes
Variable Size             754978648 bytes
Database Buffers           16777216 bytes
Redo Buffers                6868992 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> desc V$ASM_FILE
Name                                      Null?    Type
GROUP_NUMBER                                       NUMBER
FILE_NUMBER                                        NUMBER
COMPOUND_INDEX                                     NUMBER
INCARNATION                                        NUMBER
BLOCK_SIZE                                         NUMBER
BLOCKS                                             NUMBER
BYTES                                              NUMBER
SPACE                                              NUMBER
TYPE                                               VARCHAR2(64)
REDUNDANCY                                         VARCHAR2(6)
STRIPED                                            VARCHAR2(6)
CREATION_DATE                                      DATE
MODIFICATION_DATE                                  DATE
REDUNDANCY_LOWERED                                 VARCHAR2(1)
PERMISSIONS                                        VARCHAR2(16)
USER_NUMBER                                        NUMBER
USER_INCARNATION                                   NUMBER
USERGROUP_NUMBER                                   NUMBER
USERGROUP_INCARNATION                              NUMBER
PRIMARY_REGION                                     VARCHAR2(4)
MIRROR_REGION                                      VARCHAR2(4)
HOT_READS                                          NUMBER
HOT_WRITES                                         NUMBER
HOT_BYTES_READ                                     NUMBER
HOT_BYTES_WRITTEN                                  NUMBER
COLD_READS                                         NUMBER
COLD_WRITES                                        NUMBER
COLD_BYTES_READ                                    NUMBER
COLD_BYTES_WRITTEN                                 NUMBER
SQL> select * from V$ASM_FILE;
no rows selected
SQL>
If you still think that the manual is incorrect, can you provide more details?