diff -r 56ed184d96e6 Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst	Sun Oct 07 20:42:12 2012 -0700
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst	Sun Oct 07 23:47:44 2012 -0700
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@
 |                       | current  element.  For example, ``.//egg`` selects   |
 |                       | all ``egg`` elements in the entire tree.             |
 +-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
-| ``..``                | Selects the parent element.                          |
+| ``..``                | Selects the parent element. You can use it inside    |
+|                       | the subtree, but it cannot go above the target       |
+|                       | element (the element you called "find" on).          |
 +-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``[@attrib]``         | Selects all elements that have the given attribute.  |
 +-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------+