diff --git a/EIPS/eip-198.md b/EIPS/eip-198.md
index 22a30330..a57c4cf1 100644
--- a/EIPS/eip-198.md
+++ b/EIPS/eip-198.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ This input data:
     ffff
     80
     
-Would also parse as a base of 3, an exponent of 65535 and a modulus of `2**255`, as it attempts to grab 32 bytes for the modulus starting from 0x80, but then there is no further data so it right pads it with 31 zeroes.
+Would also parse as a base of 3, an exponent of 65535 and a modulus of `2**255`, as it attempts to grab 32 bytes for the modulus starting from 0x80 - but there is no further data, so it right-pads it with 31 zero bytes.
 
 # Rationale