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diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto b/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto
index 06750ab1..eafb3fa0 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ option objc_class_prefix = "GPB";
// {hour}, {min}, and {sec} are zero-padded to two digits each. The fractional
// seconds, which can go up to 9 digits (i.e. up to 1 nanosecond resolution),
// are optional. The "Z" suffix indicates the timezone ("UTC"); the timezone
-// is required, though only UTC (as indicated by "Z") is presently supported.
+// is required. A proto3 JSON serializer should always use UTC (as indicated by
+// "Z") when printing the Timestamp type and a proto3 JSON parser should be
+// able to accept both UTC and other timezones (as indicated by an offset).
//
// For example, "2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z" encodes 15.01 seconds past
// 01:30 UTC on January 15, 2017.
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@ option objc_class_prefix = "GPB";
// to this format using [`strftime`](https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.strftime)
// with the time format spec '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'. Likewise, in Java, one
// can use the Joda Time's [`ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime()`](
-// http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/ISODateTimeFormat.html#dateTime--)
-// to obtain a formatter capable of generating timestamps in this format.
+// http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/ISODateTimeFormat.html#dateTime--
+// ) to obtain a formatter capable of generating timestamps in this format.
//
//
message Timestamp {