@@ -646,8 +646,9 @@ Flex Items</h2>
646646<h3 id='abspos-items'>
647647Absolutely-Positioned Flex Children</h3>
648648
649- An absolutely-positioned child of a <i> flex container</i> does not participate in flex layout
650- beyond the <a href="#algo-flex-order">reordering step</a> .
649+ An absolutely-positioned child of a <i> flex container</i> does not participate in flex layout.
650+ However, it does participate in the <a href="#algo-flex-order">reordering step</a> (see 'order' ),
651+ which has an effect in their painting order.
651652
652653 The <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#abs-non-replaced-width">static position</a>
653654 of an absolutely-positioned child of a <a>flex container</a>
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ Absolutely-Positioned Flex Children</h3>
660661
661662 <div class='note'>
662663 This belongs in Position,
663- but assume that the <dfn>static position</dfn> of a box
664+ but assume that the <dfn>static position rectangle </dfn> of a box
664665 is a rectangle,
665666 usually (i.e. in block layout) corresponding to
666667 the position of the “hypothetical box” described in
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ Absolutely-Positioned Flex Children</h3>
670671 </div>
671672
672673 The <a>static position</a> of an absolutely positioned child of a <a>flex container</a>
673- is determined by setting the <a>static position</a> rectangle to the <a>flex container's</a> padding box,
674+ is determined by setting the <a>static position rectangle </a> to the <a>flex container's</a> padding box,
674675 then aligning the absolutely positioned child within this rectangle according to the 'justify-content' value of the <a>flex container</a>
675676 and the 'align-self' value of the child itself.
676677
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