diff --git a/proposals/2540-stricter-event-validation.md b/proposals/2540-stricter-event-validation.md
index 94ec481e..3027be56 100644
--- a/proposals/2540-stricter-event-validation.md
+++ b/proposals/2540-stricter-event-validation.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ this: JSON compliance.
 
 The [Canonical JSON](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/appendices#canonical-json)
 specification requires that numbers that are serialized in JSON are integers in
-the range of [-2 ^ 53 + 1, 2 ^ 53 - 1], which matches the requirements of
+the inclusive range of `[-2 ^ 53 + 1, 2 ^ 53 - 1]`, which matches the requirements of
 [section 6 of RFC 7159](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159). Note that it is
 not explicit, but all floats are invalid.