diff --git a/source/declarations.tex b/source/declarations.tex
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@@ -5425,27 +5425,23 @@
 \indextext{UTF-8}%
 \indextext{UTF-16}%
 \indextext{UTF-32}%
-An array of ordinary character type\iref{basic.fundamental},
-\keyword{char8_t} array,
-\keyword{char16_t} array,
-\keyword{char32_t} array,
-or \keyword{wchar_t} array
-may be initialized by
-an ordinary string literal,
-UTF-8 string literal,
-UTF-16 string literal,
-UTF-32 string literal, or
-wide string literal,
-respectively, or by an appropriately-typed \grammarterm{string-literal} enclosed in
-braces\iref{lex.string}.
-Additionally, an array of \keyword{char} or
-\tcode{\keyword{unsigned} \keyword{char}}
-may be initialized by
-a UTF-8 string literal, or by
-such a string literal enclosed in braces.
+Arrays of the following types may be initialized by an
+optionally brace-enclosed \grammarterm{string-literal}:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item An array of ordinary character type\iref{basic.fundamental}
+may be initialized by an ordinary string literal.
+\item An array of \keyword{wchar_t}
+may be initialized by a wide string literal.
+\item An array of \keyword{char8_t}, \keyword{char},
+or of \tcode{\keyword{unsigned} \keyword{char}} 
+may be initialized by a UTF-8 string literal.
+\item An array of \keyword{char16_t}
+may be initialized by a UTF-16 string literal.
+\item An array of \keyword{char32_t}
+may be initialized by a UTF-32 string literal.
+\end{itemize}
 \indextext{initialization!character array}%
-Successive
-characters of the
+Successive characters of the
 value of the \grammarterm{string-literal}
 initialize the elements of the array,
 with an integral conversion\iref{conv.integral}