diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
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--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -4740,8 +4740,9 @@
 object type is unknown.}
 Incompletely-defined object types and \cv{}~\tcode{void} are
 \defnx{incomplete types}{type!incomplete}\iref{basic.fundamental}.
-Objects shall not be defined to have an
-incomplete type.
+\begin{note}
+Objects cannot be defined to have an incomplete type\iref{basic.def}.
+\end{note}
 
 \pnum
 A class type (such as ``\tcode{class X}'') might be incomplete at one