@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ Baseline Alignment: the ''baseline'' and ''last-baseline'' keywords</h3>
298298 within a <a>shared alignment context</a>
299299 (such as cells within a row or column)
300300 by matching up their <a>alignment baselines</a> .
301- If the <a>alignment subject</a> ’s position is not fully determined by <a>baseline alignment</a> --
302- or if it has no <a>natural baseline</a> in the appropriate axis--
303- the <a>alignment subject</a> is fallback-aligned insofar as possible while preserving the <a>baseline alignment</a> .
301+ If an <a>alignment subject</a> ’s position is not fully determined by <a>baseline alignment</a>
302+ it and the other participants in its <a>baseline-sharing group </a>
303+ are fallback-aligned insofar as possible while preserving their <a>baseline alignment</a> .
304304
305305 The baseline alignment keywords are:
306306
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ Baseline Alignment: the ''baseline'' and ''last-baseline'' keywords</h3>
362362 Note: The 'vertical-align' property will also need a ''first-baseline'' value
363363 because per CSS2.1 for inline blocks, ''baseline'' is equivalent to ''last-baseline'' .
364364
365+ If a box has no <a>natural baseline</a> in the appropriate axis
366+ or does not belong to a <a>shared alignment context</a> ,
367+ then the <a>fallback alignment</a> is used.
365368
366369<h3 id='distribution-values'>
367370Distributed Alignment: the ''<content-distribution>/stretch'', ''space-between'', ''space-around'', and ''space-evenly'' keywords</h3>
@@ -1433,8 +1436,12 @@ Baseline Alignment Terminology</h3>
14331436 <li> flex items in the same flex line, along the flex container's main axis
14341437 </ul>
14351438
1436- Note: The inline-level boxes on a line box also share an alignment context and participate in a baseline-sharing group;
1437- however this is detailed in the CSS Inline Layout module, not here.
1439+ Note: Conceptually,
1440+ the inline-level boxes on a line box also share a self-alignment context
1441+ and participate in a baseline-sharing group;
1442+ however they only baseline-align in response to the 'vertical-align' property,
1443+ not any of the properties defined in this module.
1444+ See [[CSS-INLINE-3]] .
14381445
14391446 Boxes in a <a>baseline-sharing group</a> are aligned to each other
14401447 using their <dfn export>alignment baseline</dfn> .
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