diff --git a/_format/1.0/index.md b/_format/1.0/index.md
index 9c909d1ef..08469236d 100644
--- a/_format/1.0/index.md
+++ b/_format/1.0/index.md
@@ -1000,11 +1000,16 @@ response on a per-type basis by including a `fields[TYPE]` parameter.
The value of the `fields` parameter **MUST** be a comma-separated (U+002C
COMMA, ",") list that refers to the name(s) of the fields to be returned.
+An empty value indicates that no fields should be returned.
If a client requests a restricted set of [fields] for a given resource type,
an endpoint **MUST NOT** include additional [fields] in resource objects of
that type in its response.
+If a client does not specify the set of [fields] for a given resource type,
+the server **MAY** send all fields, a subset of fields, or no fields for that
+resource type.
+
```http
GET /articles?include=author&fields[articles]=title,body&fields[people]=name HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
diff --git a/_format/1.1/index.md b/_format/1.1/index.md
index ab3ba0bd0..065dae1f0 100644
--- a/_format/1.1/index.md
+++ b/_format/1.1/index.md
@@ -1151,11 +1151,16 @@ response on a per-type basis by including a `fields[TYPE]` query parameter.
The value of any `fields[TYPE]` parameter **MUST** be a comma-separated (U+002C
COMMA, ",") list that refers to the name(s) of the fields to be returned.
+An empty value indicates that no fields should be returned.
If a client requests a restricted set of [fields] for a given resource type,
an endpoint **MUST NOT** include additional [fields] in resource objects of
that type in its response.
+If a client does not specify the set of [fields] for a given resource type, the
+server **MAY** send all fields, a subset of fields, or no fields for that
+resource type.
+
```http
GET /articles?include=author&fields[articles]=title,body&fields[people]=name HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
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