@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ to the dashed line below it:[^4]
824824The table must end with a blank line, or a line of dashes followed by
825825a blank line. A caption may optionally be provided (as illustrated in
826826the example above). A caption is a paragraph beginning with the string
827−`Table:`, which will be stripped off.
827+`Table:` (or just `:`), which will be stripped off. It may appear either
828+before or after the table.
828829
829830The column headers may be omitted, provided a dashed line is used
830831to end the table. For example:
@@ -880,7 +881,7 @@ Headers may be omitted in multiline tables as well as simple tables:
880881 rows.
881882 -------------------------------------------------------------
882883
883− Table: Here's a multiline table without headers.
884+ : Here's a multiline table without headers.
884885
885886It is possible for a multiline table to have just one row, but the row
886887should be followed by a blank line (and then the row of dashes that ends