@@ -278,11 +278,14 @@ Paint Containment</h3>
278278
279279 Giving an element <dfn export>paint containment</dfn> has the following effects:
280280
281- 1. If the computed value of overflow-x or overflow-y would otherwise have been ''overflow/visible'' ,
282- it must instead compute to ''overflow/clip'' . [[!CSS-OVERFLOW-3]]
283- <span class=note> This means that regardless of the specified value of 'overflow' ,
284- the contents of the element is clipped to the element's content box,
285- including both the paint of the descendants and their geometry</span>
281+ 1. The contents of the element must be clipped to the element's content box,
282+ including both the paint of the descendants and their geometry.
283+ <span class=note> This is similar to ''overflow: clip'' ,
284+ but has no effect or dependency on the computed value of the 'overflow' property.</span>
285+ This does not include the creation of any mechanism
286+ to access or indicate the presence of the clipped content;
287+ nor does it inhibit the creation of any such mechanism through other properties,
288+ such as 'overflow' , 'resize' , or 'text-overflow' .
286289 2. The element must act as a containing block for absolutely positioned and fixed positioned descendants.
287290 3. The element must be a <a>stacking context</a> .
288291 4. The element must be a <a>formatting context</a> .
@@ -293,8 +296,8 @@ Paint Containment</h3>
293296 the UA can directly skip trying to paint its contents,
294297 as they're guaranteed to be off-screen/obscured as well.
295298
296- 2. If the containing element's overflow has been changed to ''overflow/clip''
297- (because it was originally '' overflow/visible'' ) ,
299+ 2. Unless the clipped content is made accessible via a separate mechanism
300+ such as the 'overflow' , 'resize' , or 'text- overflow' properties ,
298301 the UA can reserve "canvas" space for the element exactly the element's size.
299302 (In similar, scrollable, situations, like ''overflow: hidden'' ,
300303 it's possible to scroll to the currently-clipped content,
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