diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index 677f7b85b..d43545763 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ unreleased [1.0rc3]
 * The HDF5 format has changed.
 
   * The datasets are located in the HDF5 subgroup ``datasets``.
-  * Datasets are now stored without additional type annotations from ARTIQ,
-    trusting that h5py maps and convert types between HDF5 and python/numpy
-    "as expected".
+  * Datasets are now stored without additional type conversions and annotations
+    from ARTIQ, trusting that h5py maps and converts types between HDF5 and
+    python/numpy "as expected".
 
 
 1.0rc2