diff --git a/content/telegraf/v1/release-notes.md b/content/telegraf/v1/release-notes.md
index 546b49b5c..4998e82ee 100644
--- a/content/telegraf/v1/release-notes.md
+++ b/content/telegraf/v1/release-notes.md
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ menu:
 ### Important Changes
 
 - PR [#16015](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/16015) changes the
-  internal counters of the Bind plugin to unsigned integers matching the server
-  implementation. We keep backward compatibility by setting
+  internal counters of the Bind plugin to unsigned integers (as in the server
+  implementation). For backward compatibility,
   `report_counters_as_int` is `true` by default to avoid type conflicts on the
   output side. _However, you should set  `report_counters_as_int` to `false` as soon as
   possible to avoid invalid values and parsing errors with the v3 XML