diff --git a/test/spec.txt b/test/spec.txt
@@ -3696,9 +3696,8 @@ in some browsers.)
The following rules define [list items]:
1. **Basic case.** If a sequence of lines *Ls* constitute a sequence of
- blocks *Bs* starting with a [non-whitespace character] and not separated
- from each other by more than one blank line, and *M* is a list
- marker of width *W* followed by 1 ≤ *N* ≤ 4 spaces, then the result
+ blocks *Bs* starting with a [non-whitespace character], and *M* is a
+ list marker of width *W* followed by 1 ≤ *N* ≤ 4 spaces, then the result
of prepending *M* and the following spaces to the first line of
*Ls*, and indenting subsequent lines of *Ls* by *W + N* spaces, is a
list item with *Bs* as its contents. The type of the list item
@@ -4008,8 +4007,7 @@ A start number may not be negative:
2. **Item starting with indented code.** If a sequence of lines *Ls*
constitute a sequence of blocks *Bs* starting with an indented code
- block and not separated from each other by more than one blank line,
- and *M* is a list marker of width *W* followed by
+ block, and *M* is a list marker of width *W* followed by
one space, then the result of prepending *M* and the following
space to the first line of *Ls*, and indenting subsequent lines of
*Ls* by *W + 1* spaces, is a list item with *Bs* as its contents.
@@ -7334,7 +7332,8 @@ A [link title](@) consists of either
backslash-escaped, or
- a sequence of zero or more characters between matching parentheses
- (`(...)`), including a `)` character only if it is backslash-escaped.
+ (`(...)`), including a `(` or `)` character only if it is
+ backslash-escaped.
Although [link titles] may span multiple lines, they may not contain
a [blank line].
@@ -9483,7 +9482,8 @@ just above `stack_bottom` (or the first element if `stack_bottom`
is NULL).
We keep track of the `openers_bottom` for each delimiter
-type (`*`, `_`). Initialize this to `stack_bottom`.
+type (`*`, `_`) and each length of the closing delimiter run
+(modulo 3). Initialize this to `stack_bottom`.
Then we repeat the following until we run out of potential
closers: