diff --git a/specification/metrics/README.md b/specification/metrics/README.md
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--- a/specification/metrics/README.md
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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 * [Josh Suereth](https://github.com/jsuereth)
 * [Joshua MacDonald](https://github.com/jmacd)
 
-Note: this specification is subject to major changes. To avoid thrusting
-language client maintainers, we don't recommend OpenTelemetry clients to start
+Note: this specification is subject to major changes. To ensure the best use of
+language client maintainers time, we don't recommend OpenTelemetry clients to start
 the implementation unless explicitly communicated via
 [OTEP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/oteps#opentelemetry-enhancement-proposal-otep).