diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94a1abf..2158364 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ saving what this pair read replaces mentions, attachments and macros with text.
   its key, `_(jira-issues-table not included)_`, or `_(extension not included)_` without one, and
   `_(synced block not included)_` for a `syncBlock`.
 - `backgroundColor`, `code`, `em`, `link`, `strike` and `strong` stay; every other mark drops,
-  keeping its text, and so does a mark the flavour cannot spell where it stands. Code text keeps
+  keeping its text, and so does a mark the flavour cannot spell where it stands. A line still
+  read back wrong after 32 tries drops every `em`, `strike` and `strong` at once. Code text keeps
   no mark but `code` and `link`.
 - A newline in text is a hard break and in an expand's title a space, edge whitespace outside a
   link or code span is trimmed, carriage returns and null characters are removed, and an empty
diff --git a/spec/flavour.md b/spec/flavour.md
index ff4e57a..b3e1fb5 100644
--- a/spec/flavour.md
+++ b/spec/flavour.md
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ putting a code span outside another mark, `code` over anything but a text node h
 text holding a line ending or a null character, or a spelling CommonMark's flanking rules cannot
 open or close where the run sits (`un**-real**istic`), or one CommonMark's matching pairs elsewhere
 — the intra-word `*` runs together with a neighbouring `**`, and the multiple-of-3 rule can leave
-the merged run's pairing to another delimiter — rides the inline carry whole. An opaque carry inside
+the merged run's pairing to another delimiter — rides the inline carry whole. So does every node
+holding `em`, `strike` or `strong` in a line still read back wrong after 32 tries. An opaque carry inside
 a mark spelling is a named error in input: the carry restores its node exactly, marks included
 (`docs/decisions.md` §Unknown nodes ride the carry).