diff --git a/pep-0426.txt b/pep-0426.txt
index 33fe38322..23c4ad379 100644
--- a/pep-0426.txt
+++ b/pep-0426.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ format with no maximum line length, followed by a blank line and an
 arbitrary payload.  It is parseable by the ``email`` module with an
 appropriate ``email.policy.Policy()``.
 
-In Python 3.2, a serviceable read-only parser is::
-
-    email.parser.Parser().parsestr(metadata)
+When ``metadata`` is a Unicode string,
+```email.parser.Parser().parsestr(metadata)`` is a serviceable parser.
 
 There are two standard locations for these metadata files:
 
@@ -65,11 +64,11 @@ Fields
 This section specifies the names and semantics of each of the
 supported metadata fields.
 
-Fields marked with "(optional)" may occur 0 or 1 times.  Fields marked
-with "(multiple use)" may be specified 0, 1 or more times in a single
-metadata file.  Only "Metadata-Version", "Name", "Version", and "Summary"
-must appear exactly once.  The fields may appear in any order within
-the file.
+In a single Metadata 1.3 file, fields marked with "(optional)" may occur
+0 or 1 times.  Fields marked with "(multiple use)" may be specified
+0, 1 or more times.  Only "Metadata-Version", "Name", "Version", and
+"Summary" must appear exactly once.  The fields may appear in any order
+within the file.
 
 Metadata-Version
 ::::::::::::::::