diff --git a/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md b/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md
index 48165545..e9013edf 100644
--- a/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md
+++ b/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ the auth event is not rejected.
 
 The *resolution* of a set of states is obtained as follows:
 
-1.  Take all *power events* and any events in their auth chains,
-    recursively, that appear in the *full conflicted set* and order them
-    by the *reverse topological power ordering*.
+1.  Select all *power events* that appear in the *full conflicted set*. Compute
+    the union of their auth chains. Sort the union using the
+    *reverse topological power ordering*.
 2.  Apply the *iterative auth checks algorithm*, starting from the
     *unconflicted state map*, to the list of events from the previous
     step to get a partially resolved state.