diff --git a/semver.md b/semver.md
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@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ normal version. Examples: 1.0.0-alpha, 1.0.0-alpha.1, 1.0.0-0.3.7,
 1. Build metadata MAY be denoted by appending a plus sign and a series of dot 
 separated identifiers immediately following the patch or pre-release version. 
 Identifiers MUST comprise only ASCII alphanumerics and hyphen [0-9A-Za-z-]. 
-Build metadata SHOULD be ignored when determining version precedence. Thus two
-packages with the same version, but different build metadata are considered to
-be the same version. Examples: 1.0.0-alpha+001, 1.0.0+20130313144700, 
+Identifiers MUST NOT be empty. Build metadata SHOULD be ignored when determining
+version precedence. Thus two versions that differ only in the build metadata, 
+have the same precedence. Examples: 1.0.0-alpha+001, 1.0.0+20130313144700, 
 1.0.0-beta+exp.sha.5114f85.
 
 1. Precedence refers to how versions are compared to each other when ordered.