@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ <h3 id='cf'>'column-fill'</h3>
14391439 < td > balance
14401440 < tr >
14411441 < td > < em > Applies to:</ em >
1442- < td > multi-column elements
1442+ < td > multicol elements
14431443 < tr >
14441444 < td > < em > Inherited:</ em >
14451445 < td > no
@@ -1463,9 +1463,15 @@ <h3 id='cf'>'column-fill'</h3>
14631463< dd > Fills columns sequentially.
14641464</ dl >
14651465
1466- < p > In continuous media, this property will only be consulted
1467- if the length of columns has been constrained. Otherwise, columns will
1468- automatically be balanced.
1466+ < p > In continuous media, this property will only be consulted if the
1467+ length of columns has been constrained. Otherwise, columns will
1468+ automatically be balanced.
1469+
1470+ < p > In continous media, this property does not have any effect in
1471+ overflow columns (see below).
1472+
1473+ < p > In paged media, this property will only have
1474+ effect on the last page the multicol element appears on.
14691475
14701476
14711477< h2 > Overflow</ h2 >
@@ -1531,6 +1537,8 @@ <h3>Pagination and overflow outside multicol elements</h3>
15311537
15321538</ ul >
15331539
1540+ < p > Columns that appear outside the multicol element in continous media
1541+ are called < dfn > overflow columns</ dfn > .
15341542
15351543< div class ="example ">
15361544
@@ -1605,7 +1613,8 @@ <h3>Pagination and overflow outside multicol elements</h3>
16051613}
16061614</ pre >
16071615
1608- < p > As a result, the number of columns is increased:
1616+ < p > As a result, the number of columns increases and the extra columns
1617+ added in the inline direction:
16091618
16101619< div class =cols style ="height: 100px ">
16111620
@@ -1649,15 +1658,17 @@ <h3>Pagination and overflow outside multicol elements</h3>
16491658
16501659< div class ="example ">
16511660
1652- < p > In this example, explicit column breaks are generated after paragraphs:
1661+ < p > In paged media, extra columns are shown on the next page. Given the
1662+ same code as the previous example:
16531663
16541664< pre class =css >
16551665p {
16561666 break-after: column;
16571667}
16581668</ pre >
16591669
1660- < p > As a result, the number of columns is increased and placed on the next page. This would appear on the first page:
1670+ < p > As a result, the number of columns is increased and placed on the
1671+ next page. This would appear on the first page:
16611672
16621673< div class =cols style ="height: 80px; border-bottom: none ">
16631674
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