1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
index cd33cd08a6..bb468cde69 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ class ElementTree(object):
         return list(self.iter(tag))
 
     ##
-    # Finds the first toplevel element with given tag.
-    # Same as getroot().find(path).
+    # Same as getroot().find(path), starting at the root of the
+    # tree.
     #
     # @param path What element to look for.
     # @keyparam namespaces Optional namespace prefix map.
@@ -704,10 +704,9 @@ class ElementTree(object):
         return self._root.find(path, namespaces)
 
     ##
-    # Finds the element text for the first toplevel element with given
-    # tag.  Same as getroot().findtext(path).
+    # Same as getroot().findtext(path), starting at the root of the tree.
     #
-    # @param path What toplevel element to look for.
+    # @param path What element to look for.
     # @param default What to return if the element was not found.
     # @keyparam namespaces Optional namespace prefix map.
     # @return The text content of the first matching element, or the
@@ -729,8 +728,7 @@ class ElementTree(object):
         return self._root.findtext(path, default, namespaces)
 
     ##
-    # Finds all toplevel elements with the given tag.
-    # Same as getroot().findall(path).
+    # Same as getroot().findall(path), starting at the root of the tree.
     #
     # @param path What element to look for.
     # @keyparam namespaces Optional namespace prefix map.