diff --git a/zip-0302.rst b/zip-0302.rst
index 3ac447d4..d5cd50f0 100644
--- a/zip-0302.rst
+++ b/zip-0302.rst
@@ -48,13 +48,10 @@ contents of a memo. It does not define consensus requirements.
      + Interpret the next few bytes (1 to 9 of them) as a 64-bit unsigned variable-length
        integer [#Bitcoin-CompactSize]_, and use it as an arbitrary application-defined
        "type" field.
-     + Interpret the next bytes (1 to 2 of them) as a 16-bit unsigned ULEB, and use it as
-       the length field. (The length can be at most 510 bytes due to the overall memo
-       length, and that is why the length field can only be 1 or 2 bytes.)
+     + Interpret the next 1 or 2 bytes as a CompactSize value constrained to the range 0..510, and use 
+       the resulting value as the length of the remaining data.
      + If 1 + the number bytes used for the type field + the number of bytes used for the
-       length field + the length > 512 then error out, i.e. do not do any further
-       processing of the memo, and do not return any information about the memo to the
-       caller other than the fact that it was incorrectly formatted.
+       length field + the length > 512 then report an error.
      + Inspect the padding after the end of the indicated length, and if it
        contains anything other than bytes of value 0x00 then report an error.
      + Return to the caller a 3-tuple of the following data: