diff --git a/source/iostreams.tex b/source/iostreams.tex
index edbd0554b0..a613f40259 100644
--- a/source/iostreams.tex
+++ b/source/iostreams.tex
@@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@
 that are part of the library.
 The semantics of the constructor used in user code is as specified.
 \end{footnote}
-If \tcode{noskipws} is zero and
+If \tcode{noskipws} is \tcode{false} and
 \tcode{is.flags() \& ios_base::skipws}
 is nonzero, the function extracts and discards each character as long as
 the next available input character \tcode{c} is a whitespace character.
@@ -4587,32 +4587,13 @@
 \tcode{ios_base::failure}).
 
 \pnum
-\remarks
-The constructor
-\begin{codeblock}
-explicit sentry(basic_istream& is, bool noskipws = false)
-\end{codeblock}
-uses the currently imbued locale in \tcode{is},
-to determine whether the next input character is
-whitespace or not.
-
-\pnum
-To decide if the character \tcode{c} is a whitespace character,
-the constructor performs as if it executes the following code fragment:
-\begin{codeblock}
-const ctype<charT>& ctype = use_facet<ctype<charT>>(is.getloc());
-if (ctype.is(ctype.space, c) != 0)
-  // \tcode{c} is a whitespace character.
-\end{codeblock}
+The currently imbued locale in \tcode{is} is used
+to determine whether the next input character is whitespace:
+The character \tcode{c} is a whitespace character if and only if
+\tcode{ct.is(ct.space, c)} is \tcode{true},
+where \tcode{ct} is \tcode{use_facet<ctype<charT>>(is.getloc())}.
 
 \pnum
-If, after any preparation is completed,
-\tcode{is.good()}
-is
-\tcode{true},
-\tcode{\exposid{ok_} != false}
-otherwise,
-\tcode{\exposid{ok_} == false}.
 During preparation, the constructor may call
 \tcode{setstate(failbit)}
 (which may throw
@@ -4625,6 +4606,9 @@
 \indextext{implementation-dependent}%
 implementation-dependent operations.
 \end{footnote}
+
+\pnum
+After any preparation is completed, \exposid{ok_} is set to the value of \tcode{is.good()}.
 \end{itemdescr}
 
 \indexlibrarydtor{sentry}%