diff --git a/16-asides/README.md b/16-asides/README.md
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--- a/16-asides/README.md
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@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Constraints:
 - The problem is decomposed using some form of abstraction (procedures, functions, objects, etc.)
 
 - Aspects of the problem are added to the main program without any
-  edits to the abstractions. These side functions latch on the main
-  functions by naming "join points"
+  edits to the source code of the abstractions. These side functions
+  latch on the main abstractions by naming them, as in "I'm an aspect
+  of foo (even though foo may not know it!)"
 
 
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