diff --git a/second-edition/src/ch04-03-slices.md b/second-edition/src/ch04-03-slices.md
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@@ -151,10 +151,13 @@ This is similar to taking a reference to the whole `String` but with the extra
 `[0..5]` bit. Rather than a reference to the entire `String`, it’s a reference
 to a portion of the `String`.
 
-We create slices with a range of `[starting_index..ending_index]`, but the
-slice data structure actually stores the starting position and the length of
-the slice. So in the case of `let world = &s[6..11];`, `world` would be a slice
-that contains a pointer to the 6th byte of `s` and a length value of 5.
+We create slices with a range of `[starting_index..ending_index]`, where
+`starting_index` is the first position included in the slice and
+`ending_index` is the one more than the last position included in the slice.
+Internally, the slice data structure actually stores the starting position and
+the length of the slice, which corresponds to `starting_index` minus
+`ending_index`. So in the case of `let world = &s[6..11];`, `world` would be a
+slice that contains a pointer to the 6th byte of `s` and a length value of 5.
 
 Figure 4-12 shows this in a diagram.