diff --git a/source/classes.tex b/source/classes.tex
index 1a20b4aa5a..9eab6d2633 100644
--- a/source/classes.tex
+++ b/source/classes.tex
@@ -5850,11 +5850,12 @@
 
 \pnum
 During the construction of an object,
-if the value of the object or any of its subobjects is
-accessed through a glvalue that is not obtained, directly or indirectly, from
+if the value of any of its subobjects
+or any element of its object representation
+is accessed through a glvalue that is not obtained, directly or indirectly, from
 the constructor's
 \keyword{this}
-pointer, the value of the object or subobject thus obtained is unspecified.
+pointer, the value thus obtained is unspecified.
 \begin{example}
 \begin{codeblock}
 struct C;