diff --git a/bip-0054.md b/bip-0054.md
index d278f58a..10c5697b 100644
--- a/bip-0054.md
+++ b/bip-0054.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Given a block at height `N`:
   or equal to the value of the timestamp of the block at height `N-2015` (T<sub>N</sub> &ge;
   T<sub>N−2015</sub>).
 
-A limit is set on the number of potentially executed signature operations in validating a
+A limit is set on the number of signature operations present in the scripts used to validate a
 transaction. It applies to all transactions in the block except the coinbase transaction[^1]. For
 each input in the transaction, count the number of `CHECKSIG` and `CHECKMULTISIG` in the input
 scriptSig and previous output's scriptPubKey, including the P2SH redeemScript. If the total summed