diff --git a/test/spec.txt b/test/spec.txt
@@ -336,9 +336,14 @@ the Unicode classes `Pc`, `Pd`, `Pe`, `Pf`, `Pi`, `Po`, or `Ps`.
## Tabs
Tabs in lines are not expanded to [spaces]. However,
-in contexts where indentation is significant for the
-document's structure, tabs behave as if they were replaced
-by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
+in contexts where whitespace helps to define block structure,
+tabs behave as if they were replaced by spaces with a tab stop
+of 4 characters.
+
+Thus, for exmaple, a tab can be used instead of four spaces
+in an indented code block. (Note, however, that internal
+tabs are passed through as literal tabs, not expanded to
+spaces.)
```````````````````````````````` example
→foo→baz→→bim
@@ -347,7 +352,6 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
</code></pre>
````````````````````````````````
-
```````````````````````````````` example
→foo→baz→→bim
.
@@ -355,7 +359,6 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
</code></pre>
````````````````````````````````
-
```````````````````````````````` example
a→a
ὐ→a
@@ -365,6 +368,9 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
</code></pre>
````````````````````````````````
+In the following example, a continuation paragraph of a list
+item is indented with a tab; this has exactly the same effect
+as indentation with four spaces would:
```````````````````````````````` example
- foo
@@ -393,6 +399,15 @@ by spaces with a tab stop of 4 characters.
</ul>
````````````````````````````````
+Normally the `>` that begins a block quote may be followed
+optionally by a space, which is not considered part of the
+content. In the following case `>` is followed by a tab,
+which is treated as if it were expanded into spaces.
+Since one of theses spaces is considered part of the
+delimiter, `foo` is considered to be indented six spaces
+inside the block quote context, so we get an indented
+code block starting with two spaces.
+
```````````````````````````````` example
>→→foo
.
@@ -441,6 +456,17 @@ bar
</ul>
````````````````````````````````
+```````````````````````````````` example
+#→Foo
+.
+<h1>Foo</h1>
+````````````````````````````````
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
+*→*→*→
+.
+<hr />
+````````````````````````````````
## Insecure characters
@@ -779,15 +805,6 @@ headings:
````````````````````````````````
-A tab will not work:
-
-```````````````````````````````` example
-#→foo
-.
-<p>#→foo</p>
-````````````````````````````````
-
-
This is not a heading, because the first `#` is escaped:
```````````````````````````````` example
@@ -1968,7 +1985,7 @@ by their start and end conditions. The block begins with a line that
meets a [start condition](@) (after up to three spaces
optional indentation). It ends with the first subsequent line that
meets a matching [end condition](@), or the last line of
-the document, if no line is encountered that meets the
+the document or other [container block](@), if no line is encountered that meets the
[end condition]. If the first line meets both the [start condition]
and the [end condition], the block will contain just that line.
@@ -8953,7 +8970,7 @@ foo
A regular line break (not in a code span or HTML tag) that is not
preceded by two or more spaces or a backslash is parsed as a
-softbreak. (A softbreak may be rendered in HTML either as a
+[softbreak](@). (A softbreak may be rendered in HTML either as a
[line ending] or as a space. The result will be the same in
browsers. In the examples here, a [line ending] will be used.)