diff --git a/xep-0045.xml b/xep-0045.xml
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--- a/xep-0045.xml
+++ b/xep-0045.xml
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
 </section1>
 
 <section1 topic='Requirements' anchor='reqs'>
-  <p>This document addresses the minimal functionality provided by Jabber-based multi-user chat services that existed in 2002 when development of MUC began. For the sake of backwards-compatibility, this document uses the original groupchat 1.0 protocol for this baseline functionality, with the result that:</p>
+  <p>This document addresses the minimal functionality provided by Jabber-based multi-user chat services that existed in 2002 when development of MUC began. This design is based on the original groupchat 1.0 protocol, with the result that:</p>
   <ul>
     <li>Each room is identified as a "room JID" &ROOMJID; (e.g., &lt;jdev@conference.jabber.org&gt;), where "room" is the name of the room and "service" is the hostname at which the multi-user chat service is running.</li>
     <li>Each occupant in a room is identified as an "occupant JID" &OCCUPANTJID;, where "nick" is the room nickname of the occupant as specified on entering the room or subsequently changed during the occupant's visit.</li>