diff --git a/tips/TIP-0038/tip-0038.md b/tips/TIP-0038/tip-0038.md
index ee1b1f042..59f055e57 100644
--- a/tips/TIP-0038/tip-0038.md
+++ b/tips/TIP-0038/tip-0038.md
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ Feature</i>: smart contract request parameters are encoded in the metadata field
 - Each `Key` in the `Entries` must consist only of bytes that are valid ASCII characters, that is, each byte may not
   exceed `127`.
 - `Entries Count` must be at least `1`.
-- The serialized size of the feature may not exceed `8192` bytes.
+- The `Entries Count` plus the serialized size of `Entries` must not exceed `8192` bytes.
 
 ### Tag Feature