Take Martin's rewording.

Co-authored-by: Martin Thomson <[email protected]>

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 <h3 id="specs-include-guidance">Follow guidance from feature specifications</h3>
 
-The specifications for individual features
-should include guidance for using those features
-consistently across other specifications.
 When using a feature,
-look for that guidance and follow it.
+follow guidance in the specification for that feature.
+
+Specifications for features
+that will be used by other specifications
+should include guidance for using those features.
+This ensures that the feature is used correctly
+and consistently
+throughout the platform.
+
 An incomplete list of such guidance follows:
 
 * [[encoding#specification-hooks|Encoding]]