diff --git a/preserves-binary.md b/preserves-binary.md
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--- a/preserves-binary.md
+++ b/preserves-binary.md
@@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ serializing in some other implementation-defined order.
     ordering is required.
 
   [^not-sorted-semantically]: It's important to note that the sort
-    ordering for writing out set elements and dictionary key/value
-    pairs is *not* the same as the sort ordering implied by the
-    semantic ordering of those elements or keys. For example, the
-    `Repr` of a negative number very far from zero will start with
-    byte that is *greater* than the byte which starts the `Repr` of
-    zero, making it sort lexicographically later by `Repr`, despite
-    being semantically *less than* zero.
+    ordering for writing out set elements and dictionary key/value pairs
+    is *not* the same as the sort ordering implied by the semantic
+    ordering of those elements or keys. For example, the `Repr` of a
+    negative number sorts lexicographically *after* the `Repr` of zero,
+    despite being semantically *less than* zero.
 
     **Rationale**. This is for ease-of-implementation reasons: not all
     languages can easily represent sorted sets or sorted dictionaries,