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@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ salty-ircd is an [Internet Relay Chat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Re
 The main goals of salty-ircd are strict RFC compliance and security.
 
 ### RFC compliance
-salty-ircd aims to be fully compliant with the IRC RFCs, specifically [RFC 1459](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459), [RFC 2811](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2811), [RFC 2811](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812), and [RFC 2813](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2813) (planned).
+salty-ircd aims to be fully compliant with the IRC RFCs, specifically [RFC 1459](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459), [RFC 2811](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2811), [RFC 2811](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812), and [RFC 2813](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2813) (planned).  
+Newer RFCs take precedence over older RFCs.
 
-Any features breaking RFC compliance will be made available through compile-time options.
+Any additional features breaking RFC compliance will be made available through compile-time options.
 
 ### Security
  * salty-ircd will require TLS for all connections. An exception could be made to allow hosting a Tor hidden service.