The position of the star and hammer and sickle was moved closer to the flag pole.

[2] The flag was described on the Article 83 of the Constitution  : The state flag of the Turkmen Socialist Soviet Republic consists of a panel of scarlet color, with an aspect ratio of 1: 2.In the upper left corner of the cloth, the yellow color of the sickle and hammer is placed with the handles down.

[4] The flag of the Turkmen SSR is described in Chapter X, Article 122 of the constitution : The state flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic consists of a red cloth, in the left corner of which, at the top of the shaft, is written in golden letters “T.S.S.R.".

On July 19, 1940, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR "On the inscription on the national flag of the Turkmen SSR," it was approved "to change the text of the inscription in accordance to the new alphabet."

The Article 122 was changed in accordance to this decree: The state flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic consists of a red cloth, in the left corner of which, at the top of the shaft, is written in golden letters “T.C.C.P.".

The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 1:2.In accordance with this decree, the Constitution of the Turkmen SSR was amended.

The five-pointed star fits into a circle with a diameter of 1⁄8 of the flag's width, touching the upper side of the square.

The distance of the vertical axis of the star, sickle and hammer from the shaft is 1⁄4 of the width of the flag.