diff --git a/pep-0420.txt b/pep-0420.txt
index 46f23544b..f61b706f4 100644
--- a/pep-0420.txt
+++ b/pep-0420.txt
@@ -172,12 +172,13 @@ Discussion
 At PyCon 2012, we had a discussion about namespace packages at which
 PEP 382 and PEP 402 were rejected, to be replaced by this PEP [2]_.
 
-There is no intention to remove support of regular packages.  If there
-is no intention that a package is a namespace package, then there is a
-performance advantage to it being a regular package.  Creation and
-loading of the package can take place once it is located along the
-path.  With namespace packages, all entries in the path must be
-scanned.
+There is no intention to remove support of regular packages.  If a
+developer knows that her package will never be a portion of a
+namespace package, then there is a performance advantage to it being a
+regular package (with an ``__init__.py``).  Creation and loading of a
+regular package can take place immediately when it is located along
+the path.  With namespace packages, all entries in the path must be
+scanned before the package is created.
 
 Note that an ImportWarning will no longer be raised for a directory
 lacking an ``__init__.py`` file.  Such a directory will now be