From cb4f636544209f54f3510695a846d9655ab16bdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wbamberg Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:47:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add paragraph on implicit word min length --- files/en-us/web/css/hyphenate-limit-chars/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/files/en-us/web/css/hyphenate-limit-chars/index.md b/files/en-us/web/css/hyphenate-limit-chars/index.md index 42e86acdcc82c85..e5aded70ce44a8d 100644 --- a/files/en-us/web/css/hyphenate-limit-chars/index.md +++ b/files/en-us/web/css/hyphenate-limit-chars/index.md @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ If `auto` is set for any of the values, the user agent will choose an appropriat - Minimum number of characters before the hyphen: 2 - Minimum number of characters after the hyphen: 2 -> **Note:** If a word is shorter than any of the provided values, it will not be hyphenated. +Note that if a word is too short to meet the given constraints, it will not be hyphenated. For example, given a value like `hyphenate-limit-chars auto 3 4`, words shorter than 7 characters will never be hyphenated, since it is impossible to have 3 characters before the hyphen and 4 characters after it. ## Formal definition