diff --git a/source/expressions.tex b/source/expressions.tex
index 72f77d87bb..ebb6515b40 100644
--- a/source/expressions.tex
+++ b/source/expressions.tex
@@ -3659,7 +3659,7 @@
 \end{note}
 
 \pnum
-For a \grammarterm{splice-expression} of
+For a \grammarterm{splice-expression} $E$ of
 the form \tcode{template \grammarterm{splice-specialization-specifier}},
 the \grammarterm{splice-specifier} of
 the \grammarterm{splice-specialization-specifier}
@@ -3676,8 +3676,25 @@
 Otherwise, if $T$ is a variable template,
 let $S$ be the specialization of $T$ corresponding to
 the template argument list of the \grammarterm{splice-specialization-specifier}.
-The expression is an lvalue referring to
-the object associated with $S$ and has the same type as that of $S$.
+The expression $E$ is an lvalue referring to the object or function
+associated with or referenced by $S$.
+If $E$ appears in the predicate of a contract assertion $C$\iref{basic.contract}
+and $S$ is
+\begin{itemize}
+\item
+a variable declared outside of $C$
+of object type \tcode{U}, or
+\item
+a variable declared outside of $C$
+of type ``reference to \tcode{U}'',
+\end{itemize}
+then the type of $E$ is \tcode{const U},
+otherwise $E$ has the same type as that of $S$.
+\begin{note}
+The type of a \grammarterm{splice-expression}
+designating a variable template specialization of reference type
+will be adjusted to a non-reference type\iref{expr.type}.
+\end{note}
 \item
 Otherwise, the expression is ill-formed.
 \end{itemize}