1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/node.rb b/lib/rexml/node.rb
index e5dec72a9d..7226e5be6c 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/node.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/node.rb
@@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ module REXML
       return nil
     end
 
-    # Returns the index that +self+ has in its parent's elements array, so that
-    # the following equation holds true:
-    #
-    #   node == node.parent.elements[node.index_in_parent]
+    # Returns the position that +self+ holds in its parent's array, indexed
+    # from 1.
     def index_in_parent
       parent.index(self)+1
     end