diff --git a/peps/pep-0467.rst b/peps/pep-0467.rst
index 4cdcfe327..033ce087a 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0467.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0467.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Post-History: 30-Mar-2014, 15-Aug-2014, 16-Aug-2014, 07-Jun-2016, 01-Sep-2016,
 Abstract
 ========
 
-This PEP proposes five small adjustments to the APIs of the ``bytes`` and
+This PEP proposes small adjustments to the APIs of the ``bytes`` and
 ``bytearray`` types to make it easier to operate entirely in the binary domain:
 
 * Add ``fromsize`` alternative constructor
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ Proposals
 Addition of explicit "count and byte initialised sequence" constructors
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-To replace the now discouraged behavior, this PEP proposes the addition of an
-explicit ``fromsize`` alternative constructor as a class method on both
-``bytes`` and ``bytearray`` whose first argument is the count, and whose
-second argument is the fill byte to use (defaults to ``\x00``)::
+To replace the discouraged behavior of creating zero-filled ``bytes``-like
+objects from the basic constructors (i.e. ``bytes(1)`` --> ``b'\x00'``), this
+PEP proposes the addition of an explicit ``fromsize`` alternative constructor
+as a class method on both ``bytes`` and ``bytearray`` whose first argument
+is the count, and whose second argument is the fill byte to use (defaults
+to ``\x00``)::
 
     >>> bytes.fromsize(3)
     b'\x00\x00\x00'