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 ## Source stability
 
-Swift Numerics uses semantic versioning.
-The public API of Swift Numerics is the non-underscored contents of the modules re-exported by the Numerics top-level module.
-E.g. the contents of `_NumericsShims` are not considered API, nor is the `_mulAdd` operation defined for `Real` types.
+The Swift Numerics package is source stable; version numbers follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
+The public API of the `swift-numerics` package consists of non-underscored declarations that are marked either `public` or `usableFromInline` in modules re-exported by the top-level `Numerics` module.
+Interfaces that aren't part of the public API may continue to change in any release, including patch releases. 
+
+Note that contents of the `_NumericsShims` and `_TestSupport` modules, as well as contents of the `Tests` directory, explicitly are not public API.
+The definitions therein may therefore change at whim, and the entire module may be removed in any new release.
+If you have a use case that requires underscored operations, please raise an issue to request that they be made public API.
+
+Future minor versions of the package may introduce changes to these rules as needed.
+
+We'd like this package to quickly embrace Swift language and toolchain improvements that are relevant to its mandate.
+Accordingly, from time to time, we expect that new versions of this package will require clients to upgrade to a more recent Swift toolchain release.
+Requiring a new Swift release will only require a minor version bump.
 
 ## Contributing to Swift Numerics