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@@ -407,14 +407,14 @@ By default, `extract_tables` uses the page's vertical and horizontal lines (or r
 |`"horizontal_strategy"`| Either `"lines"`, `"lines_strict"`, `"text"`, or `"explicit"`. See explanation below.|
 |`"explicit_vertical_lines"`| A list of vertical lines that explicitly demarcate cells in the table. Can be used in combination with any of the strategies above. Items in the list should be either numbers — indicating the `x` coordinate of a line the full height of the page — or `line`/`rect`/`curve` objects.|
 |`"explicit_horizontal_lines"`| A list of horizontal lines that explicitly demarcate cells in the table. Can be used in combination with any of the strategies above. Items in the list should be either numbers — indicating the `y` coordinate of a line the full height of the page — or `line`/`rect`/`curve` objects.|
-|`"snap_tolerance"`, `"snap_x_tolerance"`, `"snap_y_tolerance"`| Parallel lines within `snap_tolerance` pixels will be "snapped" to the same horizontal or vertical position.|
+|`"snap_tolerance"`, `"snap_x_tolerance"`, `"snap_y_tolerance"`| Parallel lines within `snap_tolerance` points will be "snapped" to the same horizontal or vertical position.|
 |`"join_tolerance"`, `"join_x_tolerance"`, `"join_y_tolerance"`| Line segments on the same infinite line, and whose ends are within `join_tolerance` of one another, will be "joined" into a single line segment.|
 |`"edge_min_length"`| Edges shorter than `edge_min_length` will be discarded before attempting to reconstruct the table.|
 |`"min_words_vertical"`| When using `"vertical_strategy": "text"`, at least `min_words_vertical` words must share the same alignment.|
 |`"min_words_horizontal"`| When using `"horizontal_strategy": "text"`, at least `min_words_horizontal` words must share the same alignment.|
-|`"intersection_tolerance"`, `"intersection_x_tolerance"`, `"intersection_y_tolerance"`| When combining edges into cells, orthogonal edges must be within `intersection_tolerance` pixels to be considered intersecting.|
+|`"intersection_tolerance"`, `"intersection_x_tolerance"`, `"intersection_y_tolerance"`| When combining edges into cells, orthogonal edges must be within `intersection_tolerance` points to be considered intersecting.|
 |`"text_*"`| All settings prefixed with `text_` are then used when extracting text from each discovered table. All possible arguments to `Page.extract_text(...)` are also valid here.|
-|`"text_x_tolerance"`, `"text_y_tolerance"`| These `text_`-prefixed settings *also* apply to the table-identification algorithm when the `text` strategy is used. I.e., when that algorithm searches for words, it will expect the individual letters in each word to be no more than `text_x_tolerance`/`text_y_tolerance` pixels apart.|
+|`"text_x_tolerance"`, `"text_y_tolerance"`| These `text_`-prefixed settings *also* apply to the table-identification algorithm when the `text` strategy is used. I.e., when that algorithm searches for words, it will expect the individual letters in each word to be no more than `text_x_tolerance`/`text_y_tolerance` points apart.|
 
 ### Table-extraction strategies