diff --git a/docs/source/planned_changes.md b/docs/source/planned_changes.md
index c9606d394..8e11e8987 100644
--- a/docs/source/planned_changes.md
+++ b/docs/source/planned_changes.md
@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@
 
 # Planned Changes
 
-<!-- The following API breaking changes are in consideration for the next major release: -->
-Currently, no API breaking changes are planned.
+<!-- Currently, no API breaking changes are planned. -->
+
+```{note}
+You may search for `TODO(v5)` to find the code spots in question.
+```
+
+The following API breaking changes are in consideration for the next major release:
+- `PdfDocument.get_toc()` / `PdfOutlineItem`: The parameters `is_closed` (bool) and `n_kids` (abs int)
+  will be replaced by `count` (int), where the state corresponds to the value's sign.
diff --git a/src/pypdfium2/_helpers/document.py b/src/pypdfium2/_helpers/document.py
index 0a8690038..d8fd2311e 100644
--- a/src/pypdfium2/_helpers/document.py
+++ b/src/pypdfium2/_helpers/document.py
@@ -473,15 +473,12 @@ def _get_bookmark(self, bookmark, level):
         pdfium_c.FPDFBookmark_GetTitle(bookmark, buffer, n_bytes)
         title = buffer.raw[:n_bytes-2].decode('utf-16-le')
         
+        # TODO(v5) just expose count as-is rather than using two variables and doing extra work
+        # it's also more obvious if the number's sign just corresponds to the state (- closed, + open), rather than the current inversion with is_closed
         count = pdfium_c.FPDFBookmark_GetCount(bookmark)
-        if count < 0:
-            is_closed = True
-        elif count == 0:
-            is_closed = None
-        else:
-            is_closed = False
-        
+        is_closed = True if count < 0 else None if count == 0 else False
         n_kids = abs(count)
+        
         dest = pdfium_c.FPDFBookmark_GetDest(self, bookmark)
         page_index = pdfium_c.FPDFDest_GetDestPageIndex(self, dest)
         if page_index == -1: