diff -r 3213fe4a72e0 Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst	Fri Feb 22 07:53:23 2013 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst	Sat Feb 23 17:48:59 2013 +0100
@@ -711,9 +711,9 @@
 
    .. method:: find(match)
 
-      Finds the first toplevel element matching *match*.  *match* may be a tag
-      name or path.  Same as getroot().find(match).  Returns the first matching
-      element, or ``None`` if no element was found.
+      Finds the first subelement matching *match*, starting at the root of the
+      tree.  *match* may be a tag name or path.  Same as getroot().find(match).
+      Returns the first matching element, or ``None`` if no element was found.
 
 
    .. method:: findall(match)
@@ -725,12 +725,13 @@
 
    .. method:: findtext(match, default=None)
 
-      Finds the element text for the first toplevel element with given tag.
-      Same as getroot().findtext(match).  *match* may be a tag name or path.
-      *default* is the value to return if the element was not found.  Returns
-      the text content of the first matching element, or the default value no
-      element was found.  Note that if the element is found, but has no text
-      content, this method returns an empty string.
+      Finds the element text for the first subelement matching *match*,
+      starting at the root of the tree.  Same as getroot().findtext(match).
+      *match* may be a tag name or path.  *default* is the value to return if
+      the element was not found.  Returns the text content of the first
+      matching element, or the default value no element was found.  Note that
+      if the element is found, but has no text content, this method returns
+      an empty string.
 
 
    .. method:: getiterator(tag=None)
diff -r 3213fe4a72e0 Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py	Fri Feb 22 07:53:23 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py	Sat Feb 23 17:48:59 2013 +0100
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@
         return list(self.iter(tag))
 
     ##
-    # Finds the first toplevel element with given tag.
-    # Same as getroot().find(path).
+    # Finds the first subelement with the given tag, starting at the root
+    # of the tree.  Same as getroot().find(path).
     #
     # @param path What element to look for.
     # @keyparam namespaces Optional namespace prefix map.
@@ -704,10 +704,11 @@
         return self._root.find(path, namespaces)
 
     ##
-    # Finds the element text for the first toplevel element with given
-    # tag.  Same as getroot().findtext(path).
+    # Finds the element text for the first subelement element with
+    # the given tag, starting at the root of the tree.  Same as
+    # getroot().findtext(path).
     #
-    # @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 +730,8 @@
         return self._root.findtext(path, default, namespaces)
 
     ##
-    # Finds all toplevel elements with the given tag.
-    # Same as getroot().findall(path).
+    # Finds all subelements with the given tag, starting at the root
+    # of the tree.  Same as getroot().findall(path).
     #
     # @param path What element to look for.
     # @keyparam namespaces Optional namespace prefix map.