R Decision column in lavaan package modification indices output

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I'm working with modindices command in R, lavaan package:

modindices(fit,power=TRUE,delta=0.1,alpha=0.05,high.power=0.75)

Could someone describe what different notions in decision column of modification indices mean? for example (i),*****,epc?

Output:

127  F5 =~ V78 17.165   -0.513   -0.513   0.1  0.378 0.094      ***
128  F5 =~ V47 10.654    0.400    0.400   0.1  0.361 0.092      ***
129  F5 =~ V79  1.036    0.126    0.126   0.1  0.331 0.089      (i)
130  F5 =~ V60 16.374   -0.269   -0.269   0.1  1.307 0.208      ***
131  F5 =~ V75  0.000    0.001    0.001   0.1  1.309 0.208      (i)
132  F5 =~ V62  2.331    0.102    0.102   0.1  1.307 0.208      (i)
133  F5 =~ V51 10.848    0.227    0.227   0.1  1.252 0.201      ***
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Stephen Jones On

Based on the function's code, it appears that:

*** means that the modification index is significant and the power is not high.
epc means that the modification index is significant and the power is high.
(i) means that the modification index is not significant and the power is not high.

The cut-offs for significance and high power are set with the alpha and high.power parameters, respectively.