diff --git a/preserves.md b/preserves.md
index 688d4b0..8f53a60 100644
--- a/preserves.md
+++ b/preserves.md
@@ -1414,10 +1414,10 @@ in the textual Preserves grammar; and it is also mnemonic for "version
 0", since it is the Preserves binary encoding of the small integer
 zero.))
 
-TODO: Remove the special short syntax for application-specific record
+IN PROGRESS: Remove the special short syntax for application-specific record
 label usage? Then perhaps 8x, 9x, Ax and Bx would work for Record,
 Sequence, Set and Dictionary, leaving Cx, Dx, Ex and Fx entirely free.
 
-TODO: Forbid empty chunks?
+TODO: Forbid empty chunks.
 
 ## Notes