diff --git a/peps/pep-0836.rst b/peps/pep-0836.rst
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--- a/peps/pep-0836.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0836.rst
@@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ slight (1-2% geomean) performance hit initially.
 
 All future optimizations upon resuming JIT development will be reviewed with
 free-threading compatibility and performance impact required before merge.
-Optimizations that rely solely on the GIL build and break on the free-threaded
-build will be rejected.
+Optimizations that work solely on the GIL build and are absent on the free-threaded
+build will be rejected. For the avoidance of doubt: this does not imply
+that the JIT must exhibit sequential consistency. Rather, that our initial
+focus is on improving the free-threaded build's JIT performance.
 
 Additionally, the JIT may eventually even produce better performance versus the
 free-threading build than the current GIL build. Early experiments in the JIT