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@@ -4690,18 +4690,18 @@ <h3>Interactability</h3>
   </select>
 </aside>
 
-<p>An <var><a>element</a></var>&apos;s
+<p>An <a>element</a> |element|&apos;s
  <dfn>pointer-interactable paint tree</dfn>
  is produced this way:
 
 <ol>
- <li><p>If <var>element</var> is <a>not in the same tree</a>
+ <li><p>If |element| is <a>not in the same tree</a>
   as <var>session</var>&apos;s <a>current browsing context</a>&apos;s
   <a>active document</a>, return an empty sequence.
 
  <li><p>Let <var>rectangles</var> be
   the {{DOMRect}} sequence
-  returned by calling {{Element/getClientRects()}}.
+  returned by calling {{Element/getClientRects()}} on |element|.
 
  <!--
   An element which style property `display` is "none"
@@ -4711,7 +4711,7 @@ <h3>Interactability</h3>
   return an empty sequence.
 
  <li><p>Let <var>center point</var> be the <a>in-view center point</a>
-  of the first indexed element in <var>rectangles</var>.
+  of |element|.
 
  <li><p>Return the <a>elements from point</a>
   given the coordinates <var>center point</var>.