diff --git a/docs/contributing/how-to-specify-crates-dependencies-versions.md b/docs/contributing/how-to-specify-crates-dependencies-versions.md
index 97220a7bd..5f08a6840 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/how-to-specify-crates-dependencies-versions.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/how-to-specify-crates-dependencies-versions.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # How to specify crates dependencies versions
 
 Each crate (e.g., `tokio-util`, `tokio-stream`, etc.) should specify dependencies
-according to these rules:
+according to the following rules:
 
 1. The listed version should be the oldest version that the crate works with
 (e.g., if `tokio-util` works with `tokio` version `1.44` but not `1.43`, then
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ We don't require users to use the latest version unnecessarily.
 2. When a crate starts using a newer feature in a dependency, the version
 should be bumped to the version that introduced it.
 3. If a crate depends on an unreleased feature in a dependency, it may use
-`path = ` dependency to specify this. Since path dependencies must be removed
+`path =` dependency to specify this. Since path dependencies must be removed
 during the release of the crate, this ensures that it can't be released until
 the dependency has a new version.
 
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ Consider the following example from `tokio-stream`:
 [dependencies]
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.0" }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.11"
-tokio = { path = "../tokio", features = ["sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.38.0", path = "../tokio", features = ["sync"] }
 ```
 
 In this case, local development of `tokio-stream` uses the local version
 of `tokio` via the `path` dependency. This means that it's currently not
-possible to release `tokio-stream`. Once a new version of `tokio` is
-released, the path dependency will be removed from `tokio-stream`.
+possible to release `tokio-stream`, and `tokio` should be released first.
+Once a new version of `tokio` is released (in this example the `1.38.0`),
+the path dependency should be removed.
 As mentioned before, this version should only be bumped when adding a new
 feature in the crate that relies on a newer version.