for (auto cell : module->cells())
                        if (cell->type.in(ID($_DFF_N_), ID($_DFF_P_))) {
                                if (dff_cell)
-                                       log_error("More than one $_DFF_[NP]_ cell found in module '%s' marked (* abc9_flop *)\n", log_id(module));
+                                       log_error("Module '%s' with (* abc9_flop *) contains more than one $_DFF_[NP]_ cell.\n", log_id(module));
                                dff_cell = cell;
 
                                // Block sequential synthesis on cells with (* init *) != 1'b0
                                        goto continue_outer_loop;
                                }
                        }
+                       else if (cell->type.in(ID($_DFF_NN0_), ID($_DFF_NN1_), ID($_DFF_NP0_), ID($_DFF_NP1_),
+                                               ID($_DFF_PN0_), ID($_DFF_PN1_), ID($_DFF_PP0_), ID($_DFF_PP1_),
+                                               ID($__DFFE_NN0), ID($__DFFE_NN1), ID($__DFFE_NP0), ID($__DFFE_NP1),
+                                               ID($__DFFE_PN0), ID($__DFFE_PN1), ID($__DFFE_PP0), ID($__DFFE_PP1)))
+                               log_error("Module '%s' with (* abc9_flop *) contains an asynchronous $_DFFE?_[NP][NP][01]_? cell, which is not supported for sequential synthesis.\n", log_id(module));
                        else if (cell->type.in(ID($specify2), ID($specify3), ID($specrule)))
                                specify_cells.emplace_back(cell);
                if (!dff_cell)
-                       log_error("$_DFF_[NP]_ cell not found in module '%s' marked (* abc9_flop *)\n", log_id(module));
+                       log_error("Module '%s' with (* abc9_flop *) does not any contain $_DFF_[NP]_ cells.\n", log_id(module));
 
                D = dff_cell->getPort(ID::D);
 
                        D = w;
                }
 
-               if (GetSize(specify_cells) == 0)
-                       log_error("Module '%s' marked (* abc9_flop *) contains no specify timing information.\n", log_id(module));
-
                // Rewrite $specify cells that end with $_DFF_[NP]_.Q
                //   to $_DFF_[NP]_.D since it will be moved into
                //   the submodule