Write , where the stated model has , and take . Slow roll gives
Thus . Absorb the integration constant into to obtain
It follows that , so
The exponential potential has constant and . Inflation requires , whereas reliable slow-roll approximation requires . This is the slow-roll normalization for exponential inflation.
The stated field normalization is a slow-roll result, not an exact solution of the original full equations. Keeping the acceleration and kinetic terms yields the same but , as follows by substituting into both full equations. It agrees to leading order for small slope and is the exponential-potential power-law inflation solution.