Fukuoka's draft was corrected by Takayoshi KIDO of Choshu Domain, Iwakura and Sanetomi SANJO to say "Deliberate assemblies shall be widely established", and its form was also changed from the pledge of feudal lords of domains into the declaration of national policies by the Emperor and his vassals, to be finally announced as the Charter Oath of Five Articles.
福岡の草案は長州藩の木戸孝允や岩倉・三条実美らの手により「広ク会議ヲ興シ」と修正され、形式も諸藩の会盟から天皇以下諸臣が国是を誓うという形式となり、五箇条の御誓文として発せられた。