diff --git a/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md b/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
index 6f848823a..84357c40b 100644
--- a/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
+++ b/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ No more than `MAX_REQUEST_BLOCKS_DENEB` may be requested at a time.
 
 *[Modified in Deneb:EIP4844]*
 Clients SHOULD include a block in the response as soon as it passes the gossip validation rules.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with blocks that fail the beacon chain state transition.
 
 ##### BlobSidecarsByRoot v1
 
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ Clients MAY limit the number of blocks and sidecars in the response.
 
 Clients SHOULD include a sidecar in the response as soon as it passes the gossip validation rules.
 Clients SHOULD NOT respond with sidecars related to blocks that fail gossip validation rules.
-Clients SHOULD NOT include sidecars related to blocks that fail `state_transition(block)`.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with sidecars related to blocks that fail the beacon chain state transition
 
 ##### BlobSidecarsByRange v1
 
diff --git a/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md b/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
index f54405301..e9d43e5a7 100644
--- a/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
+++ b/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ Clients MUST respond with at least one block, if they have it.
 Clients MAY limit the number of blocks in the response.
 
 Clients MAY include a block in the response as soon as it passes the gossip validation rules.
-Clients SHOULD NOT respond with blocks that fail beacon chain state transition.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with blocks that fail the beacon chain state transition.
 
 `/eth2/beacon_chain/req/beacon_blocks_by_root/1/` is deprecated. Clients MAY respond with an empty list during the deprecation transition period.