diff --git a/files/en-us/web/api/document/documentelement/index.md b/files/en-us/web/api/document/documentelement/index.md
index c616731d1940ecd..fadbfdad59e4fa7 100644
--- a/files/en-us/web/api/document/documentelement/index.md
+++ b/files/en-us/web/api/document/documentelement/index.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ browser-compat: api.Document.documentElement
 
 {{ApiRef("DOM")}}
 
-**`Document.documentElement`** returns the
+The **`documentElement`** read-only property of the {{domxref("Document")}} interface returns the
 {{domxref("Element")}} that is the root element of the {{domxref("document")}} (for
 example, the {{HTMLElement("html")}} element for HTML documents).