diff --git a/source/classes.tex b/source/classes.tex
index 65231de79a..377405de8c 100644
--- a/source/classes.tex
+++ b/source/classes.tex
@@ -2347,8 +2347,6 @@
 specifies a conversion from
 the types of its parameters (if any)
 to the type of its class.
-Such a constructor is called a
-\defnadj{converting}{constructor}.
 \begin{example}
 \indextext{Jessie}%
 \begin{codeblock}
@@ -2400,8 +2398,6 @@
 \end{note}
 
 \pnum
-A non-explicit copy/move constructor\iref{class.copy.ctor} is
-a converting constructor.
 \begin{note}
 An implicitly-declared copy/move constructor is not an explicit constructor;
 it can be called for implicit type conversions.
diff --git a/source/overloading.tex b/source/overloading.tex
index f46353518e..99eb380a80 100644
--- a/source/overloading.tex
+++ b/source/overloading.tex
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@
 initialized.
 For copy-initialization (including default initialization
 in the context of copy-initialization), the candidate functions are all
-the converting constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of that
+the non-explicit constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of that
 class.
 The argument list is the
 \grammarterm{expression-list} or \grammarterm{assignment-expression}
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
-The converting constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of
+The non-explicit constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of
 \tcode{T}
 are candidate functions.
 \item
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@
 chosen, the initialization is ill-formed.
 \begin{note}
 This differs from other situations\iref{over.match.ctor,over.match.copy},
-where only converting constructors are considered for copy-initialization.
+where only non-explicit constructors are considered for copy-initialization.
 This restriction only
 applies if this initialization is part of the final result of overload
 resolution.