diff --git a/relative-json-pointer.xml b/relative-json-pointer.xml
index 03654ef3..1bd0121a 100644
--- a/relative-json-pointer.xml
+++ b/relative-json-pointer.xml
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@
                 Evaluation begins by processing the non-negative-integer prefix.
                 This can be found by taking the longest continuous sequence of decimal
                 digits available, starting from the beginning of the string, taking
-                the decimal numerical value.  If this value is more than zero, then
-                the following steps are repeated that number of times:
+                the decimal numerical value. If the value is zero, the following steps
+                are skipped. If this value is more than zero, then the following steps
+                are repeated that number of times:
                 <list>
                     <t>
                         If the current referenced value is the root of the document, then