@@ -79,12 +79,16 @@ A reference to a _term_ looks like this.
7979> The provisions of the stability policy are not in effect until
8080> the conclusion of the technical preview and adoption of this specification.
8181
82- Updates to this specification will not change
83- the syntactical meaning, the runtime output, or other behaviour
84- of valid messages written for earlier versions of this specification
85- that only use functions defined in this specification.
86- Updates to this specification will not remove any syntax provided in this version.
87- Future versions MAY add additional structure or meaning to existing syntax.
82+ Updates to this specification shall not make any well-formed or valid _ message_ invalid.
83+ Updates to this specification shall not remove any syntax provided in this version.
84+ Future versions might add additional structure or meaning to existing syntax.
85+
86+ Updates to this specification shall not change the syntactical meaning
87+ of any syntax defined in this specification except for that syntax marked as
88+ "reserved for future standardization".
89+
90+ Updates to this specification shall not assign any meaning or change the syntactical
91+ requirements for any private-use annotation.
8892
8993Updates to this specification will not remove any reserved keywords or sigils.
9094
@@ -95,9 +99,11 @@ Updates to this specification will not reserve or assign meaning to
9599any character "sigils" except for those in the ` reserved ` production.
96100
97101Updates to this specification
98- will not remove any functions defined in the default registry nor
99- will they remove any options or option values.
100- Additional options or option values MAY be defined.
102+ will not remove any functions defined in the default registry.
103+
104+ Updates to this specification will not remove any options or option values
105+ defined in the default registry.
106+ Additional options or additional option values for existing options MAY be defined.
101107
102108> [ !NOTE]
103109> This does not guarantee that the results of formatting will never change.
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