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 ### createElement
 
-Creates an element from a string.
+Creates an element from a string (without appending it to the document). 
+If the given string contains multiple elements, only the first one will be returned.
 
-Use `document.createElement()` to create a new element. Set its `innerHTML`
-to the string supplied as the argument. Use `ParentNode.firstElementChild` to
-return the element version of the string.
+Use `document.createElement()` to create a new element.
+Set its `innerHTML` to the string supplied as the argument. 
+Use `ParentNode.firstElementChild` to return the element version of the string.
 
 ```js
 const createElement = str => {