diff --git a/source/expressions.tex b/source/expressions.tex
index 2bfc4057de..15ab1211a4 100644
--- a/source/expressions.tex
+++ b/source/expressions.tex
@@ -7201,18 +7201,13 @@
 \end{note}
 
 \pnum
-\indextext{\idxcode{ptrdiff_t}!implementation-defined type of}%
-\indextext{subtraction!implementation-defined pointer}%
 \indextext{\idxcode{ptrdiff_t}}%
 \indextext{comparison!undefined pointer}%
-When two pointer expressions \tcode{P} and \tcode{Q} are subtracted,
-the type of the result is an \impldef{type of \tcode{ptrdiff_t}} signed
-integral type; this type shall be the same type that is named by
-\tcode{std::ptrdiff_t} in the \libheader{cstddef}
-header\iref{support.types.layout}.
+The result of subtracting two pointer expressions \tcode{P} and \tcode{Q}
+is a prvalue of type \tcode{std::ptrdiff_t}\iref{support.types.layout}.
 \begin{itemize}
 \item If \tcode{P} and \tcode{Q} both evaluate to null pointer values,
-the result is 0.
+the value is 0.
 \item Otherwise, if \tcode{P} and \tcode{Q} point to, respectively,
 array elements $i$ and $j$
 of the same array object \tcode{x},