diff --git a/content/shmem_team_split_strided.tex b/content/shmem_team_split_strided.tex
index 6355dc950..db67379a9 100644
--- a/content/shmem_team_split_strided.tex
+++ b/content/shmem_team_split_strided.tex
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@
 See Section~\ref{subsec:shmem_team_config_t} for field mask names and
 default configuration parameters.
 
-When \VAR{parent\_team} specifies an invalid team, if \VAR{parent\_team}
+If \VAR{parent\_team}
 compares equal to \LibConstRef{SHMEM\_TEAM\_INVALID}, then no new team
 will be created and \VAR{new\_team} will be assigned the value
-\LibConstRef{SHMEM\_TEAM\_INVALID}; otherwise, the behavior is undefined.
+\LibConstRef{SHMEM\_TEAM\_INVALID}.  If \VAR{parent\_team} is otherwise invalid, the behavior is undefined.
 
 If an invalid \ac{PE} triplet is provided, then the \VAR{new\_team}
 will not be created.
 
 If \VAR{new\_team} cannot be created, then it will be assigned the value
-\LibConstRef{SHMEM\_TEAM\_INVALID}.
+\LibConstRef{SHMEM\_TEAM\_INVALID} and \FUNC{shmem\_team\_split\_strided} will return a nonzero value.
 }
 
 \apireturnvalues{