diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index da5d4ff49..0b0a8ce31 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -1169,6 +1169,8 @@ var htmx = (function() {
       } else if (selector === 'root') {
         item = getRootNode(elt, !!global)
       } else if (selector.indexOf('global ') === 0) {
+        // Previous implementation of `global` only supported it at the first position and applied it to the entire selector string.
+        // For backward compatibility and to maintain logical consistency, we make it apply to everything that follows.
         parts.unshift(selector.slice(7))
         result.push(...querySelectorAllExt(elt, parts.join(','), true))
         break