I got tripped up by,
2.8 Plain lists
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Within an entry of the outline tree, hand-formatted lists can provide
additional structure. They also provide a way to create lists of
checkboxes (*note Checkboxes::). Org supports editing such lists, and
the HTML exporter (*note Exporting::) parses and formats them.
Org knows ordered lists, unordered lists, and description lists.
* _Unordered_ list items start with `-', `+', or `*'(1) as bullets.
* _Ordered_ list items start with a numeral followed by either a
period or a right parenthesis, such as `1.' or `1)'.
* _Description_ list items are like unordered list items, but
contain the separator ` :: ' to separate the description _term_
from the description.
... this last item contains the phrase `are like'; wouldn't it read
clearer,
* _Description_ list items are unordered list items, and contain the
separator ` :: ' to separate the description _term_ from the
description.
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