diff --git a/pep-0426.txt b/pep-0426.txt
index 58824a6f5..edc7b462b 100644
--- a/pep-0426.txt
+++ b/pep-0426.txt
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ Metadata Files
 
 The syntax defined in this PEP is for use with Python distribution
 metadata files. The file format is a simple UTF-8 encoded Key: value
-format with no maximum line length. It is parsable by the ``email``
+format with no maximum line length.  It is parsable by the ``email``
 module with an appropriate ``email.policy.Policy()``.  The field names
 listed in the `Fields`_ section are used as the header names.
 
+In Python 3.2, a serviceable read-only parser is::
+
+    email.parser.Parser().parsestr(metadata)
+
 There are two standard locations for these metadata files:
 
 * the ``PKG-INFO`` file included in the base directory of Python
@@ -66,7 +70,8 @@ Fields marked with "(Multiple use)" may be specified multiple
 times in a single metadata file.  Other fields may only occur
 once in a metadata file.  Fields marked with "(optional)" are
 not required to appear in a valid metadata file; all other
-fields must be present.
+fields must be present.  The fields may appear in any order within
+the file.
 
 Metadata-Version
 ::::::::::::::::
@@ -236,6 +241,11 @@ maintained by someone other than the original author:  it should be
 omitted if it is identical to ``Author``.
 
 Example::
+An implementation might iterate over all the declared `Extension:`
+fields to invoke the processors for those extensions.  As the order of
+the fields is not used, the `Extension: Chili` field may appear before
+or after its declared tags `Chili/Type:` etc.
+
 
     Maintainer: C. Schultz, Universal Features Syndicate,
             Los Angeles, CA <cschultz@peanuts.example.com>
@@ -480,12 +490,17 @@ Extension (multiple-use)
 
 An ASCII string, not containing whitespace or the / character, that
 indicates the presence of extended metadata. Additional tags defined by
-the extension should be of the form string/Name::
+an `Extension: Chili` should be of the form `Chili/Name`::
 
     Extension: Chili
     Chili/Type: Poblano
     Chili/Heat: Mild
 
+An implementation might iterate over all the declared `Extension:`
+fields to invoke the processors for those extensions.  As the order of
+the fields is not used, the `Extension: Chili` field may appear before
+or after its declared tags `Chili/Type:` etc.
+
 
 Version Specifiers
 ==================
diff --git a/pep-0427.txt b/pep-0427.txt
index 82bc7b69b..6a7391b42 100644
--- a/pep-0427.txt
+++ b/pep-0427.txt
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ The .dist-info directory
 #. INSTALLER and REQUESTED are not included in the archive.
 #. RECORD.jws is used for digital signatures.  It is not mentioned in
    RECORD.
-#. RECORD.p7s is reserved as a courtesy to anyone who would prefer to
+#. RECORD.p7s is allowed as a courtesy to anyone who would prefer to
    use s/mime signatures to secure their wheel files.  It is not
-   mentioned in RECORD.
+   mentioned in RECORD and it is ignored by the official tools.
 #. During extraction, wheel installers verify all the hashes in RECORD
    against the file contents.  Apart from RECORD and its signatures,
    installation will fail if any file in the archive is not both
@@ -210,10 +210,9 @@ the .data directory, named as the .dist-info directory but with the
 
     distribution-1.0.data/
 
-The .data directory contains subdirectories and those subdirectories
-contain the scripts, headers, documentation and so forth from the
-distribution.  During installation the contents of these subdirectories
-are moved onto their destination paths.
+The .data directory contains subdirectories with the scripts, headers,
+documentation and so forth from the distribution.  During installation the
+contents of these subdirectories are moved onto their destination paths.
 
 
 Signed wheel files