diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-tls.md b/draft-ietf-quic-tls.md
index 4dfd50a748..aad5c6c02d 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-tls.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-tls.md
@@ -645,9 +645,9 @@ use them and still fit their entire ClientHello message in their first Initial
 packet.
 
 The TLS implementation does not need to ensure that the ClientHello is large
-enough to meet the requirements for QUIC packets. QUIC PADDING frames are added
-to increase the size of the packet as necessary; see
-{{Section 14.1 of QUIC-TRANSPORT}}.
+enough to meet QUIC's requirements for datagrams that carry Initial packets; see
+{{Section 14.1 of QUIC-TRANSPORT}}. QUIC implementations use PADDING frames or
+packet coalescing to ensure that datagrams are large enough.
 
 
 ## Peer Authentication