diff --git a/docs/topics/selectors.rst b/docs/topics/selectors.rst
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@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ But using the ``.`` to mean the node, works::
 .. _`XPath string function`: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#section-String-Functions
 
 Beware of the difference between //node[1] and (//node)[1]
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 ``//node[1]`` selects all the nodes occurring first under their respective parents.