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draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md

@@ -270,11 +270,11 @@ congestion ({{pto}}).
 
 ## Handshake packets are not special
 
-TCP reduces the congestion window to one packet when the SYN or SYN/ACK
-are lost ({{?RFC5681}}).  QUIC treats loss of a packet containing handshake
-data the same as other losses and reduces the congestion window.  When the
-PTO timer expires during the handshake, one or two packets are sent and
-the timer is doubled.
+TCP treats the loss of SYN or SYN-ACK packet as persistent congestion and
+reduces the congestion window to one packet ({{?RFC5681}}). QUIC treats
+loss of a packet containing handshake data the same as other losses and
+reduces the congestion window.  When the PTO timer expires during the
+handshake, one or two packets are sent and the timer is doubled.
 
 # Estimating the Round-Trip Time {#compute-rtt}