diff --git a/bundle.md b/bundle.md
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--- a/bundle.md
+++ b/bundle.md
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ This includes the following artifacts:
This REQUIRED file MUST reside in the root of the bundle directory and MUST be named `config.json`.
See [`config.json`](config.md) for more details.
-2. A directory representing the root filesystem of the container.
- On Windows, for Windows Server containers, this directory is REQUIRED.
- For Hyper-V containers, it MUST be omitted.
-
- On all other platforms, this field is REQUIRED.
-
- If set, this directory MUST be referenced by [`root`](config.md#root) within the `config.json` file.
+2. container's root filesystem: the directory referenced by [`root.path`](config.md#root), if that property is set in `config.json`.
When supplied, while these artifacts MUST all be present in a single directory on the local filesystem, that directory itself is not part of the bundle.
In other words, a tar archive of a *bundle* will have these artifacts at the root of the archive, not nested within a top-level directory.