From 0f58e9ece4d442c79c4013a86f2a26cb0e02e1dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DavidNachman <41246572+DavidNachman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 07:02:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] </li> closing tag (#31856)

* Update index.md

* updated due to request

I added the requested <li> information as requested.

* fix: added backticks around keywords
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 guide/english/html/lists/index.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/guide/english/html/lists/index.md b/guide/english/html/lists/index.md
index 68cab4c700..2b1e82fda4 100644
--- a/guide/english/html/lists/index.md
+++ b/guide/english/html/lists/index.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ An _ordered list_ is used to describe an ordered collection of data. Browsers us
 An _unordered list_ is used to describe an unordered collection of data. Browsers usually display an unordered list as a bulleted list. Create an unordered list using the `<ul>` tag.
 
 ## List items
-The direct children of ordered and unordered lists must be list items. Each list item is wrapped in an `<li>` tag. A list item tag can contain [flow content](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content).
+The direct children of ordered and unordered lists must be list items. Each list item is wrapped in an `<li>` tag. The `li` element does not technically need a closing `</li>` tag in HTML5, but is commonly used as good practice, and to stay XHTML compliant. The `</li>` can be omitted if immediately followed by another `li` element or if there is no more content in the parent element. A list item tag can contain [flow content](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content). 
 
 ## Examples