diff --git a/css-view-transitions-1/Overview.bs b/css-view-transitions-1/Overview.bs
index 7f584f5a570..a0ced1a4cfc 100644
--- a/css-view-transitions-1/Overview.bs
+++ b/css-view-transitions-1/Overview.bs
@@ -1256,10 +1256,6 @@ urlPrefix: https://wicg.github.io/navigation-api/; type: interface;
 
 		1. Let |document| be |transition|'s [=relevant global object's=] [=associated document=].
 
-		1. [=Flush the update callback queue=].
-
-			Note: this ensures that any changes to the DOM scheduled by other skipped transitions are done before the old state for this transition is captured.
-
 		1. [=Capture the old state=] for |transition|.
 
 			If failure is returned, then [=skip the view transition=] for |transition| with an "{{InvalidStateError}}" {{DOMException}} in |transition|'s [=relevant Realm=],
@@ -1663,15 +1659,19 @@ urlPrefix: https://wicg.github.io/navigation-api/; type: interface;
 			1. [=list/Append=] |transition| to |transition|'s [=relevant settings object=]'s [=update callback queue=].
 			1. [=Queue a global task=] on the [=DOM manipulation task source=],
 				given |transition|'s [=relevant global object=], to [=flush the update callback queue=].
-
 	</div>
 	<div algorithm>
-		To <dfn>flush the update callback queue</dfn> given a {{Document}} |document|:
+		To <dfn export>flush the update callback queue</dfn> given a {{Document}} |document|:
 			1. [=list/For each=] |transition| in |document|'s [=update callback queue=], [=call the update callback=] given |transition|.
 
 			1. Set |document|'s [=update callback queue=] to an empty list.
 	</div>
 
+	Note: a scheduled update callback is guaranteed to be called before the next rendering steps, regardless of whether the
+	transition has succeeded or not. This is guaranteed by [=flush the update callback queue|flushing=] the queue in one of two situations:
+	the beginning of the rendering loop, or in a task that runs while [=document/rendering suppression for view transitions|rendering is supressed=].
+
+
 ## [=Skip the view transition=] ## {#skip-the-view-transition-algorithm}
 
 	<div algorithm>