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@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ co-owned by the Bitcoin community.
 #### Authors and Deputies
 
 Authors may want additional help with the BIP process after writing an initial draft. In that case, they may assign
-one or more Deputies to their BIP. Deputies are stand-in owners of a BIP who were not involved in writing the
-document. They support the authors in advancing the proposal, or act as a point of contact for the BIP in the absence of the
+one or more Deputies to their BIP.
+Deputies support the authors in advancing the proposal, or act as a point of contact for the BIP in the absence of the
 authors. Deputies may perform the role of Authors for any aspect of the BIP process unless overruled by an Author.
 Deputies share ownership of the BIP at the discretion of the Authors.