diff --git a/dom.bs b/dom.bs
index 1563ae1b..ef1195ba 100644
--- a/dom.bs
+++ b/dom.bs
@@ -4557,13 +4557,13 @@ and an optional <a for=/>document</a> <dfn export for="clone a node"><var>docume
  <li><p>Let <var>copy</var> be the result of <a>cloning a single node</a> given <var>node</var> and
  <var>document</var>.
 
- <li><p>If <var>parent</var> is non-null, then <a for=/>append</a> <var>copy</var> to
- <var>parent</var>.
-
  <li><p>Run any <a>cloning steps</a> defined for <var>node</var> in
  <a>other applicable specifications</a> and pass <var>node</var>, <var>copy</var>, and
  <var>subtree</var> as parameters.
 
+ <li><p>If <var>parent</var> is non-null, then <a for=/>append</a> <var>copy</var> to
+ <var>parent</var>.
+
  <li><p>If <var>subtree</var> is true, then for each <var>child</var> of <var>node</var>'s
  <a for=tree>children</a>, in <a>tree order</a>: <a>clone a node</a> given <var>child</var> with
  <a for="clone a node"><i>document</i></a> set to <var>document</var>,
@@ -4571,8 +4571,9 @@ and an optional <a for=/>document</a> <dfn export for="clone a node"><var>docume
  <a for="clone a node"><i>parent</i></a> set to <var>copy</var>.
 
  <li>
-  <p>If <var>node</var> is an <a for=/>element</a>, <a for=Element>shadow host</a>, and its
-  <a for=Element>shadow root</a>'s <a for=ShadowRoot>clonable</a> is true:
+  <p>If <var>node</var> is an <a for=/>element</a>, <var>node</var> is a
+  <a for=Element>shadow host</a>, and <var>node</var>'s <a for=Element>shadow root</a>'s
+  <a for=ShadowRoot>clonable</a> is true:
 
   <ol>
    <li><p><a for=/>Assert</a>: <var>copy</var> is not a <a for=Element>shadow host</a>.