diff --git a/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.8 b/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.8
index e0405155..ca3e7797 100644
--- a/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.8
+++ b/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.8
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ of the columns show up in verbose mode only.
 .TP
 .B CARD.DOM
 The crypto card number in hexadecimal for a crypto card line or
-the crypto card number and the domain id both in hex seperated by a single
+the crypto card number and the domain id both in hex separated by a single
 dot for a queue line.
 .TP
 .B TYPE and HWTYPE
@@ -150,9 +150,16 @@ may be adjusted on the HMC or SE. The chzcrypt application can also
 trigger this state with the --config-on and --config-off options.
 .br
 lszcrypt shows 'online' when a card or queue is available for
-cryptograhic operations. 'offline' is displayed when a card or queue
+cryptographic operations. 'offline' is displayed when a card or queue
 is switched to (software) offline. If a card is 'deconfigured' via
 HMC, SE or chzcrypt the field shows 'deconfig'.
+.br
+If a queue is not bound to a device driver there is no detailed
+information available and thus the status shows only '-'.
+.br
+If a queue is bound to the vfio-ap device driver it is up to this driver
+to give some status information and what exactly this means. So lszcrypt
+shows the text retrieved from the underlying sysfs attribute here.
 .TP
 .B REQUESTS
 This is the counter value of successful processed requests on card or queue
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ S - APSC available: card/queue can handle requests with the special bit
 enabled.
 .br
 M - Accelerator card/queue with support for RSA ME with up to 4k key size.
-.br
+.Sr
 C - Accelerator card/queue with support for RSA CRT with up to 4k key size.
 .br
 D - Card/queue is providing CCA functions (this is the CCA Coprocessor mode).
diff --git a/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.c b/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.c
index 14297de3..ce70cabe 100644
--- a/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.c
+++ b/zconf/zcrypt/lszcrypt.c
@@ -397,6 +397,16 @@ static void read_subdev_rec_default(struct util_rec *rec, const char *grp_dev,
 			util_rec_set(rec, "status", "online");
 		else if (online == 0)
 			util_rec_set(rec, "status", "offline");
+		else {
+			/* no online attribute, maybe use status attribute */
+			if (util_path_is_readable("%s/%s/status",
+						  grp_dev, sub_dev)) {
+				util_file_read_line(buf, sizeof(buf),
+						    "%s/%s/status",
+						    grp_dev, sub_dev);
+				util_rec_set(rec, "status", buf);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	util_file_read_ul(&facility, 16, "%s/ap_functions", grp_dev);