- * By default, $() looks for DOM elements within the context of the
- * current HTML document.
+ * By default, if no context is specified, $() looks for DOM elements within the context of the
+ * current HTML document. If you do specify a context, such as a DOM
+ * element or jQuery object, the expression will be matched against
+ * the contents of that context.
+ *
+ * See [[DOM/Traversing/Selectors]] for the allowed CSS/XPath syntax for expressions.