diff --git a/protocol/wayland.xml b/protocol/wayland.xml
index dee0ac10..d1b28be7 100644
--- a/protocol/wayland.xml
+++ b/protocol/wayland.xml
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@
     <event name="delete_id">
       <description summary="acknowledge object ID deletion">
 	This event is used internally by the object ID management
-	logic.  When a client deletes an object, the server will send
-	this event to acknowledge that it has seen the delete request.
-	When the client receives this event, it will know that it can
-	safely reuse the object ID.
+	logic. When a client deletes an object that it had created,
+	the server will send this event to acknowledge that it has
+	seen the delete request. When the client receives this event,
+	it will know that it can safely reuse the object ID.
       </description>
       <arg name="id" type="uint" summary="deleted object ID"/>
     </event>