@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ A version is three numbers, `<java>.<minor>.<build>`, and each one answers a que
 
 - **The first is the Java version the formatter is built for**, 21 today. It moves when the minimum
   Java version moves.
-- **The second counts changes to the output**: a fix in wrapping or alignment, a new
+- **The second moves with every change to the output**: a fix in wrapping or alignment, a new
   [library rule](library-rules/index.md), a new feature. A newer minor version can reformat code
   that the previous one left alone, so take it with one reformatting run, in a commit of its own.
-- **The third counts builds that leave the output alone**: regressions, internal bugs, dependency
-  and build updates. A newer build formats every file exactly as the previous one did, so it is
-  safe to take at any time.
+- **The third moves with fixes that leave the output alone**: a crash, a regression, an internal
+  bug, a dependency update. A newer build formats every file exactly as the previous one did, so
+  it is safe to take at any time.
+
+The line between the last two numbers is the output, not the kind of change: a fix that changes
+the output raises the second number, a fix that does not raises the third.
 
 Up to 2.98.0.6 the version was palantir-java-format's with a build number appended: 2.98.0.6 is the
 sixth build of 2.98.0. Once the bug fixes made the output differ from upstream, that numbering lost