diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
index c7ae8a0034..26ce7964de 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ x (L) = C..D:
 : Indicates that x is optional (and has length of L)
 
 x (L) ...:
-: Indicates that x is repeated zero or more times (and that each instance is
-  length L)
+: Indicates that zero or more instances of x are present (and that each
+  instance is length L)
 
 This document uses network byte order (that is, big endian) values.  Fields
 are placed starting from the high-order bits of each byte.