diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
index 8484e26fb4..565a40f14b 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
@@ -1080,8 +1080,8 @@ be routed back to the endpoint and to be identified by the endpoint upon
 receipt.
 
 Multiple connection IDs are used so that endpoints can send packets that cannot
-be identified as being for the same connection without cooperation from an
-endpoint; see {{migration-linkability}}.
+be identified by an observer as being for the same connection without
+cooperation from an endpoint; see {{migration-linkability}}.
 
 Connection IDs MUST NOT contain any information that can be used by an external
 observer (that is, one that does not cooperate with the issuer) to correlate