diff --git a/protocol/wayland.xml b/protocol/wayland.xml
index 513b8fd8..ebe8606d 100644
--- a/protocol/wayland.xml
+++ b/protocol/wayland.xml
@@ -100,11 +100,15 @@
 
     <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 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.
+        This event is used internally by the object ID management logic.
+
+        When the server stops using an object created by the client, the server
+        sends this event. In particular, after sending this event, the server
+        will no longer send any events that contain the object as the receiver
+        or as an argument.
+
+        When the client receives this event, it knows that it can reuse the
+        object ID.
       </description>
       <arg name="id" type="uint" summary="deleted object ID"/>
     </event>