diff --git a/standards.md b/standards.md
index d742dc60f..3306435fd 100644
--- a/standards.md
+++ b/standards.md
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ finally () {</pre>
                 break;
 
             case 2:</pre>
-* Whenever possible, check for a negative, rather than a positive
- * <pre>if (!something) {
-            // Do things
+* Prefer early returns over method indentation. Example:
+ * <pre>if (!precondition) {
+            // Possibly cleanup
+            return;
         }
 
-        // Do other things</pre>
+        // Continue with task</pre>
 * Java standard class and method naming, with exception to McMMO in a class name
  * <pre>thisIsAMethod()</pre>
  * <pre>ThisIsAClass</pre>
@@ -92,4 +93,4 @@ finally () {</pre>
  * private
  * static private
  * abstract private
-* No one-line if statements, they should all have brackets
\ No newline at end of file
+* No one-line if statements, they should all have brackets