diff --git a/docs/layout-saving b/docs/layout-saving
index e90ecada..f31b5e21 100644
--- a/docs/layout-saving
+++ b/docs/layout-saving
@@ -219,13 +219,15 @@ the window which matches any of the criteria. As an example:
 
 A layout file as generated by +i3-save-tree(1)+ is not strictly valid JSON:
 
-1. Layout files contain multiple “JSON documents” on the top level, whereas the
-   JSON standard only allows precisely one “document” (array or hash).
+1. Layout files contain multiple “JSON texts” at the top level. The JSON
+   standard doesn't prohibit this, but in practice most JSON parsers only
+   allow precisely one “text” per document/file, and will mark multiple texts
+   as invalid JSON.
 
-2. Layout files contain comments which are not standardized, but understood by
-   many parsers.
+2. Layout files contain comments which are not allowed by the JSON standard,
+   but are understood by many parsers.
 
-Both deviations from the JSON standard are to make manual editing by humans
+Both of these deviations from the norm are to make manual editing by humans
 easier. In case you are writing a more elaborate tool for manipulating these
 layouts, you can either use a JSON parser that supports these deviations (for
 example libyajl), transform the layout file to a JSON-conforming file, or