diff --git a/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/CodedOutputStream.cs b/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/CodedOutputStream.cs
index 2c8b092667e1..e4da9097fbf3 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/CodedOutputStream.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/CodedOutputStream.cs
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ public long Position
}
///
- /// Configures serialization to be deterministic.
+ /// Configures whether or not serialization is deterministic.
///
///
- /// The deterministic serialization guarantees that for a given binary, equal messages (defined by the
+ /// Deterministic serialization guarantees that for a given binary, equal messages (defined by the
/// equals methods in protos) will always be serialized to the same bytes. This implies:
///
- /// - Repeated serialization of a message will return the same bytes
+ /// - Repeated serialization of a message will return the same bytes.
/// - Different processes of the same binary (which may be executing on different machines)
/// will serialize equal messages to the same bytes.
///