Updated the text as suggested by @Pomax in issue: #2796

Author: alexandermckay

content/docs/reference-react-component.md

@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ You **may call `setState()` immediately** in `componentDidMount()`. It will trig
 componentDidUpdate(prevProps, prevState, snapshot)
 ```
 
-`componentDidUpdate()` is invoked immediately after updating occurs. This method is not called for the initial render.
+`componentDidUpdate()` is invoked immediately after the component's associated DOM gets updated.  This method is not called for the initial render.
 
-Use this as an opportunity to operate on the DOM when the component has been updated. This is also a good place to do network requests as long as you compare the current props to previous props (e.g. a network request may not be necessary if the props have not changed).
+Use this as an opportunity to further operate on the DOM after a component has updated. This is also a good place to do network requests as long as you compare the current props to previous props (e.g. a network request may not be necessary if the props have not changed).
 
 ```js
 componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {