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@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ Unlike `componentDidMount` and `componentDidUpdate`, the function passed to `use
 
 However, not all effects can be deferred. For example, a DOM mutation that is visible to the user must fire synchronously before the next paint so that the user does not perceive a visual inconsistency. (The distinction is conceptually similar to passive versus active event listeners.) For these types of effects, React provides one additional Hook called [`useLayoutEffect`](#uselayouteffect). It has the same signature as `useEffect`, and only differs in when it is fired.
 
-Although `useEffect` is deferred until after the browser has painted, it's guaranteed to fire before any new renders. React will always flush a previous render's effects before starting a new update.
+Additionally, starting in React 18, the function passed to `useEffect` will fire synchronously **before** layout and paint when it's the result of a discrete user input such as a click, or when it's the result of an update wrapped in [`flushSync`](/docs/react-dom.html#flushsync). This behavior allows the result of the effect to be observed by the event system, or by the caller of [`flushSync`](/docs/react-dom.html#flushsync).
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+> Note
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+> This only affects the timing of when the function passed to `useEffect` is called - updates scheduled inside these effects are still deferred. This is different than [`useLayoutEffect`](#uselayouteffect), which fires the function and processes the updates inside of it immediately.
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+Even in cases where `useEffect` is deferred until after the browser has painted, it's guaranteed to fire before any new renders. React will always flush a previous render's effects before starting a new update.
 
 #### Conditionally firing an effect {#conditionally-firing-an-effect}