--- a/longdesc1/longdesc.html	Sat Dec 14 12:45:39 2013 -0500
+++ b/longdesc1/longdesc.html	Sat Dec 14 12:57:58 2013 -0500
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
         <p>The linked description <em class="rfc2119">should</em> be in a
           broadly accessible format.</p>
         <div class="note">
-          <p><em>This section is not normative</em></p>
+          <p><em>This section is informative</em></p>
           <p>Best practices for checking descriptions of images are beyond the
             scope of this document, but there are many resources available.
             For&nbsp; further guidance tool developers can consult e.g. [<a href="#bib-ATAGB3">ATAGB3</a>].
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
           <em class="rfc2119">should</em> link to a fragment link in the target document  
           (e.g. <code>longdesc="example.html#description"</code>).</p>
         <div class="note">
-          <p><em>This section is not normative</em></p>
+          <p><em>This section is informative</em></p>
           <p>Best practices for full descriptions of images are beyond the scope
             of this document, but there are many resources available.</p>
         </div>
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
         <p>User agents <em class="rfc2119">should</em> enable users to discover
           when images in a page contain a long description.</p>
         <div class="note">
-          <p><em>This section is not normative</em></p>
+          <p><em>This section is informative</em></p>
           <p><code>longdesc</code> can be present on an image within a
             hyperlink. This does not change the requirements on user agents,
             which must still enable the hyperlink to be followed.</p>
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
             <dd>
               <dl class="note">
                 <dt>
-                  <p><em>This section is not normative</em></p>
+                  <p><em>This section is informative</em></p>
                   <p><var>image</var>.<code title="dom-Element-innerHTML">longdesc</code>
                     [ = <var>value</var> ]</p>
                 </dt>
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
       </section>
       <section class="appendix" id="acknowledgements">
         <h2><span class="secno">A. </span>Acknowledgements</h2>
-        <p><em>This section is not normative</em></p>
+        <p><em>This section is informative</em></p>
         <p>Thanks to the HTML Working Group of the late 1990s for the original
           specification of longdesc, to those who have implemented it in various
           kinds of software, and to many many people involved with the
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
         </section>
         <section class="appendix" id="changes">
           <h2><span class="secno">C. </span>Change History</h2>
-          <p>(This section is not normative)</p>
+          <p><em>This section is informative</em></p>
           <h3 id="change-second">Between this draft and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-html-longdesc-20130606/">Second
               Public Working Draft</a> </h3>
           <p>Editorial changes include:</p>