diff --git a/docs/rfc/README.md b/docs/rfc/README.md
index a66969042..400b7c2a5 100644
--- a/docs/rfc/README.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/README.md
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ sections.
 - [RFC-004: E2E Test Framework Enhancements](./rfc-004-e2e-framework.md)
 - [RFC-005: Event System](./rfc-005-event-system.rst)
 - [RFC-006: Event Subscription](./rfc-006-event-subscription.md)
+- [RFC-007: Deterministic Proto Byte Serialization](./rfc-007-deterministic-proto-bytes.md)
 
 <!-- - [RFC-NNN: Title](./rfc-NNN-title.md) -->
diff --git a/docs/rfc/rfc-007-deterministic-proto-bytes.md b/docs/rfc/rfc-007-deterministic-proto-bytes.md
index 1e39135f4..e8cae3b50 100644
--- a/docs/rfc/rfc-007-deterministic-proto-bytes.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/rfc-007-deterministic-proto-bytes.md
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ serializers written in other languages that produce the same output as gogoproto
 
 The serialized form of a proto message can be transformed into a canonical representation
 by applying simple rules to the serialized bytes. Re-ordering the serialized bytes
-would allow Tendermint to produce a canonical byte representation without having to 
-simultaneously maintain a custom proto marshaller. 
+would allow Tendermint to produce a canonical byte representation without having to
+simultaneously maintain a custom proto marshaller.
 
 This could be implemented as a function in many languages that performed the following steps:
 
-1. Reordered all fields to be in tag-sorted order.
-2. Reordered all `repeated` sub-fields to be in lexicographically sorted order.
-3. Deleted all default values from the representation.
-4. Set our proto decoder package to remove unknown fields on deserialization.
+1. Set our proto decoder package to remove unknown fields on deserialization.
+2. Reordered all fields to be in tag-sorted order.
+3. Reordered all `repeated` sub-fields to be in lexicographically sorted order.
+4. Deleted all default values from the byte representation.
 
 This would still require that messages never unmarshal data structures with unknown fields.
 This can be accomplished by defining adding fields to a structure that needs canonicalization