The 1st paragraph of the §6. Cascading in both Level 4 and Level 5 states (emphasis mine):

The cascade takes an unordered list of declared values for a given property on a given element, sorts them by their declaration’s precedence as determined below, and outputs a single cascaded value.

At the same time, the last paragraph of §6.1. Cascade Sorting Order says that

The output of the cascade is a (potentially empty) sorted list of declared values for each property on each element.

These statements seem to contradict each other, which is confusing. Are "the output of the cascade" and the thing that "the cascade outputs" not the same thing? Shouldn't this be clarified for consistency?