diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
index 4d63072e02..ee100687a6 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
@@ -91,16 +91,17 @@
  * is shared among all translations. The "default" translation is the canonical
  * version of the entity, the one whose content will be accessible in the entity
  * field data, if no language is specified. Other translation objects can be
- * instantiated from the default one. A translation is identified by the entity
- * identifier and the "active language". See
- * \Drupal\Core\Entity\TranslatableInterface and
+ * instantiated from the default one. Every translation has an "active language"
+ * that is used to determine which field translation values should be handled.
+ * See \Drupal\Core\Entity\TranslatableInterface and
  * \Drupal\Core\Entity\TranslatableStorageInterface for more details.
  *
  * An entity that is both revisionable and translatable has all the features
  * described above: every revision can contain one or more translations. The
  * canonical version of the entity is the default translation of the default
- * revision. If a translation has changes in a certain revision, the translation
- * is considered "affected" by that revision. With the built-in UI a translation
+ * revision. Any revision will be initially loaded as the default translation.
+ * If a translation has changes in a certain revision, the translation is
+ * considered "affected" by that revision. With the built-in UI a translation
  * change will create a new revision (with a copy of all field data for other
  * translations), unless the default revision is being modified (no new revision
  * is created). In this case, multiple translations may be affected by the