diff --git a/book/features/creating_basic_HTML_elements.md b/book/features/creating_basic_HTML_elements.md
index 5bedc30..88346f9 100644
--- a/book/features/creating_basic_HTML_elements.md
+++ b/book/features/creating_basic_HTML_elements.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The first few lines of our JavaScript code are simple. To scale our element with
          var width = vw;
          
          // Create the canvas. We will use only part of it for the main plot
-         var svg = d3.select("#click") // This selects the div
+         var svg = d3.select("#click") // This selects the svg using its id
              .attr("width", width) // This defines the canvas' width
              .attr("height", height) // This defines the canvas' height
 ```
@@ -853,4 +853,4 @@ Here is the code for the element above in full:
 </html>
 
 
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```