diff --git a/css-highlight-api-1/Overview.bs b/css-highlight-api-1/Overview.bs
index 0177c3b5b05..17413bf1d26 100644
--- a/css-highlight-api-1/Overview.bs
+++ b/css-highlight-api-1/Overview.bs
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Painting</h4>
 
 		<li>
 			The [=highlight overlays=] of the [=custom highlights=]
-			are above those of the built-in [=highlight pseudo-elements=]
+			are below those of the built-in [=highlight pseudo-elements=]
 			in the stacking order described in [[css-pseudo-4#highlight-painting]].
 
 		<li>