/$count

odata-protocol/1 Introduction.md

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Section | Feature / Change | Issue
 [Section ##CollectionofEntities]| 
 Context URLs use parentheses-style keys without percent-encoding| 
 [368](https://github.com/oasis-tcs/odata-specs/issues/368)
+[Section ##RequestingtheNumberofItemsinaCollection]| Only digits in a response to `/$count` |  [325](https://github.com/oasis-tcs/odata-specs/issues/325)
 [Section ##DataModification]| 
 Response code `204 No Content` after successful data modification if requested response could not be constructed| 
 [443](https://github.com/oasis-tcs/odata-specs/issues/443)

odata-protocol/11 Data Service Requests.md

@@ -1145,8 +1145,10 @@ On success, the response body MUST contain the exact count of items
 matching the request after applying any
 [`$filter`](#SystemQueryOptionfilter) or
 [`$search`](#SystemQueryOptionsearch) system query options, formatted as
-a simple primitive integer value with media type `text/plain`. Clients
-SHOULD NOT combine the system query options
+a simple primitive integer value with media type `text/plain` without `charset` parameter,
+and the response body consisting only of octets `0x30` to `0x39`.
+
+Clients SHOULD NOT combine the system query options
 [`$top`](#SystemQueryOptiontop),
 [`$skip`](#SystemQueryOptionskip),
 [`$orderby`](#SystemQueryOptionorderby),