anticommit clarify note re ingredient order

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@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ By Unique Tip, $R^+ \le L$.  By definition of $\base$, $R^- \le R^+$
 so $R^- \le L$.  So $R^+ \le C$ and $R^- \le C$.
 $\qed$
 
-(Note that the merge base $R^+ \not\le R^-$, i.e. the merge base is
-later than one of the branches to be merged.)
+(Note that $R^+ \not\le R^-$, i.e. the merge base
+is a descendant, not an ancestor, of the 2nd parent.)
 
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